| Arvind Kejriwal resigns as National Convener of AAP amid reports of internal rift |
 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. |
Save Dissent to Save Democracy THE rising instances of physical violence and threats against political opponents and the inability to accept dissent must raise huge concerns amongst all of us who see democracy as perhaps the really stellar achievement since Independence. AAP’s attack on BJP headquarters and acts of arson committed under the very noses of their elite leadership; the attacks on Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in Gujarat in the last two days; the recent manhandling of the caretaker of journalist Siddharth Varadarajan’s house by some garden variety thugs; and the violence and threats meted out regularly to their political opponents by political parties is surely deplorable and condemnable. This is a fatally flawed trend which will destroy the very foundations of our democratic institutions if not pushed back with all the strength and condemnation that the civil society can mobilise. Replaying the past To begin with, it must be clarified that we should ...
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