New Delhi: A month after assuming power in the national capital, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced today that it has decided to go national”After spectacular victory in Delhi and seeing the love of the people, we have decided to expand at the national level,” party leader Sanjay Singh said.
The AAP’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC) also decided to enroll “active volunteers” and to form a committee to decide their role in different states. Five of the PAC’s seven members met at the residence of Delhi Chief Minister
The party will expand. We will work to strengthen our organization in other states. A decision on which states party should contest elections in will be taken only after looking at political capacity and leadership in those states,” Singh said. victory in Delhi
The decision was taken at a meeting of the PAC, the party’s top decision-making body, held at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Kaushambi residence. Five of the PAC’s seven members met at the residence of Kejriwal, who returned to the capital late on Monday after 12 days of naturopathy treatment in Bengaluru for his nagging cough and high blood sugar.
Battling infighting, the AAP Tuesday decided to take steps to douse the flames of dissent by reaching out to senior leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan besides expanding the party in other states, one of the contentious issues behind the rift.
Over the past few weeks, AAP has been embroiled in internal turmoil with leaders from both the camps making accusations and levelling allegations against each other. Singh maintained that the crisis in the party would soon end, and party leaders would reach out to Prashant Bhushan, who, along with Yogendra Yadav, was ousted from the PAC this month.
Bureau Report
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