New Delhi:
Senior AAP chief and Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot resigned from the celebration at this time, however the seeds of discord between Mr Gahlot and the AAP management had been sown on August 15 over unfurling the nationwide flag in the course of the Delhi authorities’s Independence Day celebrations, sources have stated.
Within the absence of the then Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was in jail on fees linked to the alleged liquor coverage rip-off, the duty of unfurling the flag was below scrutiny. Mr Kejriwal had directed that Atishi, then the Delhi Training Minister, ought to carry out the ceremonial responsibility. Nonetheless, Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena intervened, deeming the route invalid and designating Delhi Residence Minister Kailash Gahlot for the job as an alternative.
The Lt Governor’s choice was backed by the logic that the Residence Division oversees Delhi Police, which organises the ceremonial march-past. This transfer, nonetheless, set off a fierce tug-of-war between the AAP-led Delhi authorities and the Lr Governor’s workplace.
The AAP accused the Lt Governor of undermining its authority, calling the transfer “petty politics.” Atishi slammed Ms Saxena’s choice, labelling it an act of “dictatorship” and questioning the BJP’s dedication to democracy. Mr Gahlot’s compliance with the Lt Governor’s directive appeared to pressure his relationship with Mr Kejriwal and the AAP.
In his resignation letter, Mr Gahlot didn’t mince phrases. He described the controversies engulfing AAP as “embarrassing and awkward,” singling out the “Sheeshmahal” debacle – a time period used to mock Mr Kejriwal’s residence expenditure – for example of misplaced priorities.
“Let me begin with sincerely thanking you for having given me the honour of serving and representing the individuals of Delhi as an MLA and a Minister. Nonetheless, on the identical time, I additionally need to share with you that at this time the Aam Aadmi Social gathering faces grave challenges. Challenges from inside, to the very values that introduced us collectively to AAP,” Mr Gahlot’s letter learn.
“Political ambitions have overtaken our dedication in direction of individuals, leaving many guarantees unfulfilled. Take for instance the Yamuna, which we had promised to rework right into a clear river, however by no means acquired round to doing it. Now the Yamuna River is maybe much more polluted than ever earlier than. Aside from this, now there are a lot of embarrassing and awkward controversies just like the ‘Sheeshmahal’, which are actually making everybody doubt whether or not we nonetheless imagine in being Aam Aadmi.
“One other painful level has been the truth that as an alternative of combating for individuals’s rights we have now more and more solely been combating for our personal political agenda. This has severely crippled our capacity to even ship primary companies to the individuals of Delhi. It’s now apparent that actual progress for Delhi can’t occur if the Delhi Authorities spends the vast majority of its time combating with the Centre,” the letter added.
The BJP seized the second to focus on AAP. BJP leaders framed Mr Gahlot’s resignation as proof of AAP’s alleged failure to keep up inside cohesion or ship on its guarantees to Delhi residents.
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