Prashant Bhushan: Not considering leaving AAP, can't follow high command ... - Times of India

NEW DELHI: Senior AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said on Tuesday that he was not thinking about leaving the party.

In an interview to NDTV, Prashant Bhushan admitted that there had been a breakdown in communication between him and party convener Arvind Kejriwal.

"Unfortunately, Arvind Kejriwal and I have not spoken to each other. I am open and willing to talk to him," Bhushan said.

In the interview, Bhushan also made it apparent that he was not happy with the way AAP was functioning.

"I can't follow the high command culture that every political party has," Prashant Bhushan said.

READ ALSO: Kejriwal camp calls meet on March 4 to oust rebel troika

Excerpts: Letter by Yogendra Yadav & Prashant Bhushan

Prashant ji should have raised issue of personality cult in NE, to be held tomorrow instead in media.NE should have discussed/taken a call.

— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) March 3, 2015

NE is highest decision making body/is empowered to decide on any issue/can direct anyone http://t.co/F7CQnGLimX forum to discuss/decide.

— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) March 3, 2015

Those who are floating the ridiculous one man party theory wanted to make AAP one family party.

— Ashish Khetan (@AashishKhetan) March 3, 2015

The power tussle within AAP is headed for a showdown on Wednesday at a meeting of National Executive with AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's confidantes sharpening their knives against the troika of Shanti-Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav accusing them of hatching a conspiracy against the party chief.

Kejriwal loyalists have called the meeting on March 4 that could end in edging out both Prashant Bhushan and Yadav from the political affairs committee (PAC). Sources said that with overwhelming majority on their side, Kejriwal loyalists could easily vote out Yadav and Bhushan from the PAC.

Sensing the coming together of forces against them, Yadav struck a somewhat conciliatory pose on Monday evening. In a TV interview, he stressed that Kejriwal was easily the tallest leader in AAP and there was no question of even thinking of removing him from the post of National Convenor, a post that's equivalent to that of the party chief in AAP. Meanwhile, Prashant Bhushan has sought a postponement of Wednesday's meeting as he would be in Himachal Pradesh - a request that's unlikely to be accepted.

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