New Delhi: Anjali Damania, the leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Maharashtra on Wednesday resigned from the party after a news channel aired a sting tape of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal allegedly trying to buy out Congress MLAs.
Damania on micro-blogging site Twitter tweeted, “I quit..I have not come into AAP for this nonsense (sic).”
Notify that the sting tape had been aired on India TV with an audio sting by former AAP legislator Rajesh Garg in which it was alleged that the party was planning to poach Congress MLAs.
Damania made her unhappiness with party’s national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal known.
She on Wednesday said on Twitter, “I believed him…I backed Arvind for principles not horse-trading.”
Damania’s resignation comes as a major setback for the party, especially in Maharashtra where she had become the face of party’s campaign against corruption.
Notify that Damania is a housewife-turned-activist and had exposed the irrigation scam in Maharashtra and also filed petitions against politicians in irrigation and Maharashtra Sadan scams.
Damania’s exit came after a stormy morning as the exit of Yadav and Bhushan seemed imminent, a day after senior AAP leaders close to Kejriwal accused the rebel leaders of conspiring against the party before the Delhi polls.
Notify that AAP have 67 MLAs in the 70-member house.
Bureau Report
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