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AAP hit by shock resignation wave in Gurgaon
It seems the charm of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has started to fizzle out.
More than 250 active members in Gurgaon districts, including the party's governing body, have resigned in a dramatic manner in the presence of Arvind Kejriwal and the party's Gurgaon Lok Sabha candidate Yogendra Yadav.
The members returned their party caps while Kejriwal and Yadav were on stage in Bhim Nagar locality at the end of the two-day road show in Gurgaon.
Arvind Kejriwal and Yogendra Yadav during a campaign at Gurgaon
The party had organised a small public gathering in Bhim Nagar, where former district president Ramesh Yadav, along with his supporters, resigned from the primary membership of the party.
Ramesh has alleged that top leaders of AAP, including Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, don't listen to ground level workers.
"We have raised our issues in a democratic way within the party but they have been ignoring us. We have made big mistakes in our lives while supporting the party. Leaders have swerved from party's basic policy," Ramesh said.
"Top leaders are allotting party tickets to candidates who have joined recently," he alleged.
During his road show in Gurgaon, Kejriwal launched stinging attacks on BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, and accused Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda of being an agent of Mukesh Ambani and other corporate houses such as Adanis.
"Like Modi in Gujarat, Hooda has worked as property dealer for corporate houses and acquired land in cheap rates from local farmers," Kejriwal alleged while addressing a gathering in Pataudi.
The Kejriwal road show started from Nuh and travelled through Sohna, Tawru, Bilaspur Dharuheda, Rewari, Pataudi and Wajirpur. However, Kejriwal had a tough time at Dharuheda in Rewari after a bunch of Shiv Sainiks showed black flags to him.
"I was learnt during a road show in Gujarat that around 5,000 farmers have committed suicide due to forceful land grab during the tenure of Narendra Modi's government. There is no difference between Modi and Hooda or Rahul Gandhi. Modi is working as an agent for Ambani and Adani in Gujarat and Congress leaders doing the same in Haryana. If we do not come together this time, the situation will go beyond the control," he said.
Meanwhile, Gurgaon district returning officer R.C. Verma on Sunday issued a show-cause notice to Yadav for alleged violation of the model code of conduct.
The officer said in a release that Ramzan Chaudhary had, on behalf of the AAP, sought permission to hold a roadshow for Kejriwal.
AAP was given permission to hold the roadshow between 8am and 8.45pm on March 22 ,but it continued up to 9.20pm, he said.
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