The Yadav camp told The Indian Express that these allegations were baseless.For close to a year and a half, the battlelines within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have steadily hardened. A letter written to the National Executive by Admiral Ramdas had pointed to a war within, kept under wraps only because of the Delhi elections. Less than three weeks after that spectacular victory, all hell has broken loose: sting operations, allegations, comments on social media verging on abuse. But it had all started over a year ago, in January 2014.
BEFORE LS ELECTION
Sources in the Kejriwal camp say that the first indications that Yogendra Yadav “had aspirations to the post of National Convener” came in January 2014, during Kejriwal’s first term as CM. “He began to meet people, tell them that since Kejriwal was chief minister, he was in line to be National Convener,” they said.
In a letter to National Secretary Pankaj Gupta, Delhi unit secretary Dilip Pandey said a close aide of Yadav’s had called “an important party member” before the general elections to suggest that Kejriwal didn’t have it in him — and “it was imperative for Yadav to take over as the National Convener”.
The Yadav camp told The Indian Express that these allegations were baseless.
LOK SABHA ELECTION
There was massive, often acrimonious debate on the number of seats that AAP should contest. Later, Kejriwal repeatedly said he had been against fighting elections all over the country, and suggested his opinion was over-ruled. Party sources said Yadav and Prashant Bhushan led the view that AAP should contest outside Delhi.
The disastrous 4-seat showing was followed by bitterness. Sources in the Kejriwal camp say Yadav had assured them at least 22 per cent of the vote in Haryana — AAP got 4 per cent. Yadav’s supporters argue the 22 per cent assessment was of independent pollsters, and that AAP’s fortunes nosedived after Kejriwal quit. They also say Yadav and Bhushan had wanted to contest only about 100 seats; it was Kejriwal who had decided to go farther.
HARYANA ELECTIONS
A major disagreement was over the decision not to contest in Haryana. Earlier in May, Yadav wrote to colleagues, complaining about a personality cult in the party. Sisodia, ever the Kejriwal man, returned the favour, accusing Yadav of trying to damage the party.
Yadav had set his sights on contesting the Haryana elections, despite a public falling out with the other big leader in the state, Naveen Jaihind. He was upset when Kejriwal refused to take the plunge, and Bhushan seemed to agree, writing to the National Executive that Kejriwal’s decision not to contest was violative of ‘Swaraj’, as a majority of the state unit wanted to enter the fight.
CANDIDATE SELECTION
Bhushan and Yadav had problems with 12 candidates selected by the Delhi Election Campaign Group. Those opposed to Yadav and Bhushan say their problems were imaginary. It was decided that Admiral Ramdas, the internal Lokpal, would be the final arbitrator.
Two candidates were removed; continued…
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