New Delhi:
Senior AAP chief and Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot resigned from the occasion immediately, however the seeds of discord between Mr Gahlot and the AAP management have been sown on August 15 over unfurling the nationwide flag throughout the Delhi authorities’s Independence Day celebrations, sources have stated.
In the absence of the then Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was in jail on costs linked to the alleged liquor coverage rip-off, the duty of unfurling the flag was underneath scrutiny. Mr Kejriwal had directed that Atishi, then the Delhi Education Minister, ought to carry out the ceremonial responsibility. However, Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena intervened, deeming the path invalid and designating Delhi Home Minister Kailash Gahlot for the job as a substitute.
The Lt Governor’s determination was backed by the logic that the Home Department oversees Delhi Police, which organises the ceremonial march-past. This transfer, nevertheless, 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 determination, 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. However, on the identical time, I additionally need to share with you that immediately the Aam Aadmi Party 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 remodel right into a clear river, however by no means received round to doing it. Now the Yamuna River is maybe much more polluted than ever earlier than. Apart from this, now there are lots of embarrassing and awkward controversies just like the ‘Sheeshmahal’, which are actually making everybody doubt whether or not we nonetheless consider in being Aam Aadmi.
“Another painful level has been the truth that as a substitute of preventing for individuals’s rights we’ve got more and more solely been preventing for our personal political agenda. This has severely crippled our skill to even ship fundamental providers to the individuals of Delhi. It is now apparent that actual progress for Delhi can’t occur if the Delhi Government spends the vast majority of its time preventing 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.