Arvind Kejriwal Gets into Damage Control After Bitter Infighting Among AAP Party Members

With Aam Aadmi Party mired in bitter infighting, party chief Arvind Kejriwal today attempted to reach out to the dissidents, saying Yogendra Yadav had raised important issues which needed to be sorted out.

With Aam Aadmi Party mired in bitter infighting, party chief Arvind Kejriwal today attempted to reach out to the dissidents, saying Yogendra Yadav had raised important issues which needed to be sorted out.

He also said that efforts will be made to bring back Shazia Ilmi into the party as top leaders met today to chalk out the future course of action, including preparations for the next Delhi assembly polls.

"Yog(endra) Yadav has raised some imp (sic) issues. All of us will work on it. Yog yadav is a v dear friend and a v valued colleague. Had long discussion with him...," Kejriwal tweeted.
In an another tweet, he said, "We will also try to get Shazia back."

Ilmi and Yadav, known to be a key strategist, have been sharply critical of Kejriwal after the party's debacle in the recent Lok Sabha polls.

Yadav, who quit from Political Affairs Committee, had charged the party with "falling prey to personality cult" while Ilmi had alleged that Kejriwal was surrounded by a coterie and that the party lacked internal democracy.

Kejriwal's close aide Manish Sisodia had hit back at Yadav accusing him of targeting Kejriwal and making internal matters public.

According to sources, resignations of leaders will be discussed at the AAP's National Executive Meet and they will also try to convince Ilmi to rejoin the party.

There were indications that the Political Affairs Committee might be expanded to accommodate more members.

The fledgling party had made a stunning debut in the Delhi Assembly polls in December by winning 28 out of 70 seats and even formed a government.
But Kejriwal quit as Chief Minister after 49 days on the issue of Janlokpal Bill.

The party fought the Lok Sabha elections but could not win a single seat in the capital following which Kejriwal and his close associates have come under attack.

The AAP leader has also drawn flak after failed attempt to form government again and his initial refusal to submit a bond in a defamation case filed against him by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari, which led to his going to jail.

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Arvind Kejriwal reaches Varanasi to launch epic Political Battle

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal arrived in Varanasi to kickstart what would be the most-watched political contest in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Kejriwal is scheduled to visit the Kashi Vishwanath temple, perhaps the city's best known temple. He will interact with morning walkers at some parks, besides calling on retired academics and current professors at the Banaras Hindu University. 

The AAP leader, who shocked Congress by unseating it from power in Delhi after 17 years, has said he is willing to contest against Modi, but would file papers only after seeking opinion -- today's visit is meant for the exercise -- from the people of Varanasi.

But most AAP workers believe the visit is a formality and Kejriwal has already decided on challenging BJP's PM nominee and candidate for the seat Narendra Modi.

In Contesting Against Modi, Kejriwal has signalled that he is willing to take his pugnacious Battle with Modi a step further.

During his Gujarat tour in which he claimed to have exposed Modi's development model and in calling out the mainstream media as being pro-Modi, Kejriwal has posed a direct challenge to the PM-aspirant.

The BJP may dismiss it as a no-contest but Kejriwal has demonstrated willingness to take Modi head on, something that the Congress has been diffident about.

Polling for the Varanasi seat will be held on May 12, four days before votes are counted, in the final round of the nine-phase elections that kick off on April 7.

Kejriwal hasn't been known to shy away from taking political risks and his poll battle with Modi will invariably become a big story till the Lok Sabha polls end.

The Kejriwal-Modi face-off will admittedly be big on political messaging, but the battle for Varanasi would be fought outside the constituency — at rallies that both leaders address across the country over the next two months.

The Party was keen to pit Kejriwal against Modi in a repeat of Delhi but outside Gujarat, a party leader said.

"We wanted him to take on Modi only if he contested from outside Gujarat so that the Gujarat CM would not have the language advantage," the leader said.

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