Arvind Kejriwal resigns as National Convener of AAP amid reports of internal rift

Mar 4

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today tendered his resignation from the post of AAP Convener, saying he can not do justice by holding both Chief Minister and Convener's posts. Mr Kejriwal had earlier offered to quit from the post on the 26th of last month but it was rejected unanimously by the party.

Senior party leader Prashant Bhushan has also offered to resign from AAP Political Affairs Committee.

The National Executive Meeting of the party is being held this afternoon in New Delhi to discuss the ongoing crisis following criticism by Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav that the party was becoming one person-centric. Mr Kejriwal's resignation as Convener will also be discussed in the meeting.
Yogendra Yadav removed as AAP spokesperson:  And finally, Yogendra Yadav has also been removed as the party's spokesperson.

Aam Aadmi Party dirty linen  open on Monday. Indications of the party's hardline were seen at a press conference by AAP's senior leader Sanjay Singh, who said accusing Yadav and Bhushan, although without naming them, of attempting to "remove" Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the post of party convener. 

He also targeted party patron Shanti Bhushan for his comment in an interview that Kejriwal should be replaced by Yadav.

"Someone from within the party, certain senior leaders are trying to remove Arvind Kejriwal from the post of national convener, by targeting him and maligning the party," Singh told reporters. 

Without naming Bhushan and Yadav, he referred to statements and letters by senior leaders which amounted to making the party a butt of ridicule and a "joke of us".  

  PTI reports that AAP leader Yogendra Yadav has been shunted out of the party's Political Affairs Committee.

Hours before the Aam Aadmi Party's meeting to decide on action against him, Yogendra Yadav said he wouldn't "break the party or quit."