Kejriwal offers to resign as AAP Chief


New Delhi, Mar 4 (IANS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has offered to quit as the national convenor of the AAP which he led to power in the capital barely a month ago, party sources said Wednesday.

Kejriwal's offer comes on a day when the party's top leadership meets amid internal squabbling.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Yogendra Yadav, one of the two leaders in the eye of the storm, however said Wednesday that he would "neither split nor quit" the party.

The differences in the party leadership have come out in the open barely a month after it made a sensational electoral comeback, sweeping 67 of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly.

There were conflicting versions to Kejriwal's offer to quit.

In one, Kejriwal apparently wrote a letter on February 27 to party secretary Pankaj Gupta saying he wants to quit as the AAP convenor.

In the other, Kejriwal sent a handwritten note Tuesday night saying he wants to resign from the post.

AAP leader Ashutosh said he was not aware of any other note except that of February 27.

Kejriwal, who leaves on Wednesday for Bengaluru for 10 days of naturopathy treatment to check his high sugar level, said on Tuesday that he was "deeply hurt and pained" by the wrangling within the party.

AAP sources have said the majority in the 21-member National Executive, which meets on Wednesday, favoured ousting Prashant Bhushan, a leading Supreme Court lawyer and an AAP founder, and political pundit Yadav from the nine-member, decision-making Political Affairs Committee (PAC).

Yogendra Yadav on Wednesday said: "...whatever seems to be a problem is actually an opportunity to move ahead".

He told reporters in Hindi: "Na todenge, na chodenge. Sudherenge aur sudharenge." (We will neither split AAP nor leave it. We will change ourselves and help change others too)."

He said that AAP was a small party and there was a lot to be learnt by everyone.

Yadav said that for the past three days there had been many messages from party volunteers on the social media asking them to stay united.

"I am sure that in the evening we will be able to tell you that we have moved a step forward and not backward."

He refused to comment on Kejriwal's offer to quit as party convenor.

  

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  • Krishna, karkala

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    If AK remains in power for 5 years he will be like Mamata Banerjee. Delhi might develop like West Bengal.
    This time he gave 50% discount in power bills to come to power. Next election he might give 100 % discount. The government money is not money is not his ancestors property.
    There is nothing much to destroy Delhi, He can retain his slum vote bank with freebies

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  • Mahendra Shetty, Mumbai Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    HA....HA....HA...

    STREET CHEAP DRAMA STARTED.....

    NOW WHOLE 5 YEARS IN DAIJI WE WILL SEE EVERYDAY ONE NEWS ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT PARTY CALLED AAP.......

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  • Suman, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Bhagoda...

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  • Abdul Rafiq, Uchila / Dubai

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Modi is failing at the central, Kejriwal is failing in Delhi. Better to vacate their positions as early as possible. Congress is 100% ready with new stamina to takeover all the states and Central power to serve the people to built strong India. Jai Hind.

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  • vellano1, Mumbai

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    yes, pappu alpa thailand d shilajit tinondu ulle ge "posa calendar tikkavareg"!.. vhe vhe vhe

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  • Prakash, Dubai

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Mr. Abdul Rafiq,
    Yes.Congress is 100% ready to take political sanyasa. :) Enchina joke marre irna. At Last Congress is having one person in this forum to support them. Alli 44 illi 1. Cheers. :)

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  • Mahendra Shetty, Mumbai Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    HA...HA....HA..

    ALL ARE FAILED BUT PAPPU ONLY PASSED.....

    PEHLE PAPPU KO DHOONDKE THO BATHAVO BHAI...BAAD MAE CHOR PARTY KA NAAM LEVO!

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  • Avinash, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Guys Don't be Panic and don't be silly. He is not running away from the responsibility given by Delhi people. He is not resigning from CM post. He just resigning from AAP Chief. So that he can concentrate more on development of Delhi and fulfill the peoples demand. I would say it is a great decision taken by Aravind Sir!

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  • kumar, kudla

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    "MANGANA KAIGE MANIKYA KOTTARE ENAGATTE?"

    one must be competent to become ruler.

    you can not run any system without capacity... may be team leader,principal of college, chancellor of university, captain of a ship, owner of an estate, director of a hospital, president of gram panchayath, mayor of city , CM/PM......

    just because people was fooled by unrealistic freebies,discounts, offers,etc

    & " a group of people can not accept BJP at any cost, even if india invaded by ISIS, they can not accept BJP" mentality people had no option as congress was sure of defeat,....

    AAP won Delhi. it was an accident.

    if you carefully observe BJP gained more votes in Delhi than previous election. the AAP won because congress votes (!! secular,peace loving people!!) shifted to AAP.

    you can not run economy with emotions. you need to be sympathetic but not to make people lazy by offering freebies. give jobs to working hands & give them opportunity to earn & live with dignity. no job is inferior except begging.

    all bhagyas of karnataka govt will lead to durbhagya of our century.

    KEJRIWAL WILL BE REMEMBERED AS "EK DIN KA SULTAHAN" in the CBSC syllabus after sometime, to teach children what not do do.

    'you can fool some of the people at a few of the time, but you can not fool everyone everytime,

    let AAP rule Delhi for at least 10 months.... whole india will realise the polititians though are corrupt to some extent are much better than jockers. AAP will be erased from history of world.

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  • SK, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Shame on AAP MLA's..... you are spoiling your own political life and finishing your party, on which the common man trusted against the communal and corrupt parties... Power should not go to head....Hope sense will prevail

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  • Daniel, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Instead of resign better think of pass it over on the next strong hands. Concentrate more on Delhi and provide good governance and let AAP be aside. India needs you.
    Here as it goes- it is hard to be good & selfless in midst of bad and selfish.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    There's an Emergency....
    In Delhi........
    Kejri has gone Itchy....
    Please Phone Mumbai Jossey......

    Josseyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
    Josseyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
    jossey Jossey Jossey jossey
    Kejri Itchy.............
    Itchyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
    Josseyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

    Atha Kejri Chee Satakleeeeeeeeeee
    Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Heeeeee

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  • RSRB, Kundapura / Singapore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    AK49 has become now AK18...
    Ran away from responsibility within 18 days...

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  • shetty, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Nautanki continues....forget governance, that a tough task...why to work hard??...do the same nautankis....hijack the breaking news starved media & have a gala time for 5 years...i,e if he stays.....

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  • Well wisher, Udupi

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    I request all Daiji readers to please not to be too excited about anything in life, as the saying goes WHAT GOES MUST COME DOWN. Applies to everything in life be it fame,name,political victory, there is always a change that will follow any event, be cool and don't be too excited.

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  • SUMAN, B'LURU

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    NAUTOKI SHURU DRAMA BEGINS
    FIRST DHARNA WITH ANNA NOW RESIGNATION, ALLIGATION, LEAKING LETTERS TO BAZAARU MEDIA, STING OF REPORTS AND AAP Kejriwal
    accused the media that they are sold to BJP media was responsible for hyping up AAP,AAPTARDS are unsign bazzru media for publicity ex.taking oath in ramlila maidan instead of delhi vidan sabha. socialism and subsidy ruined our economy for decades stay poor & get subsidy appeasement vote bank politics AAP is a cheater party. They stabbed the movement India against corruption. They cheated on Lokpal. They cheated on corruption issues. Now every thing is forgotten. Only freebees, subsidies prevails because bribing voters is highest level of corruption by political parties
    it is win of misusing word sachhayi, inamdaari aam admi to fool the poor people, lallipops of freebies, mindless subsidy and minority communal fatwa voting and corrupt congress low key campaign bcuz congress wanted to DEFEAT BJp
    Raga took leave, now kejri congresswala is taking leave Only NaMo sir is working kudos N MOdi

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  • Krishna, karkala

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    AK might resign as CM soon.
    He can not control party.
    He has no leadership qualities.
    He has only arrogance.

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  • punith, udupi

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Drama king!

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  • ಕೇಶವ, ಪುತ್ತೂರು

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    ಈ ಜನ ಏರೆಗೋ ಆಪು ದೀಪುನ ಲೆಕ್ಕೊಡು ತೋಜೋಂದುಂಡು

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  • pks, mlr

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    AAP bangaya Delhiwalonko SHAAP.

    Please confirm the next reelection schedule.

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    He din't resign from his CM post.

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  • vellano1, Mumbai

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    he will do that too.. maximum time will be 1 year! by next budget he will run away!... but main thing is HE RESIGNED as convenor, post a controversy by Salim and Prashant Bhushan! .."insaan ka insaane se ho bhaichaara"? even they are resiging now.. how good , if he had excused himself from this post, prior to someone threatening a coup? think about it!

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  • Lingappa, Kuppepadavu/Amsterdam

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Once is a mistake , twice is foolishness of the greedy Delhites. All the freebies he announced, God knows who is gonna foot the defecit if at all it ever happens perhpas the next Govt. No wonder no one wanted to rule Delhi.

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  • Prakash, Dubai

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Kejariwal thought politics is like Pustakada Badanekaayi. now realizing. many more dramas to follow.

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Dirty Congi game plan succeeded through yogendra yadav...

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  • MyRightIsaid, bengaluru

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Jeevan, Mangaluru

    Simply "JALTHA" kyon?
    Still can not accept near white wash of BJP in Delhi?
    Introspect - you will easily find the answer...instead of puking venom on some other P\Party.

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    I am helpless if truth is bitter for kai sevak like you yaar...

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  • BhakSala, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    hahahaha... bas kar pagle hasaayega kya

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  • SURESH MAROLI, MANGALORE/BAHRAIN

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    A society as a whole cannot be more foolish than Delhites. At least now, let the Delhi citizens be aware that kjwrl is deliberately putting up this rift issue just to divert your attention from looking into aap failings. Look at the senselessness and bluff of kjrwl - without being sure of power or water availability and without finalising the stable procurement prices, he announces tariff-reduction of 50% because he then wants to blame either the Centre or supplying States for not fulfilling the promises in the long-run. Crooked Joker !

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  • mann, bengaluru

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Suresh Maroli, Mangalore

    Although you knew, you did not want to divulge that he was very good student of BJP\RSS "to pretend" as you said he was pretending.
    Pretenders\hooks and crooks are from those. See the union min. nearly 40% are those only.

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  • India First, India

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Resignation is not solution for all... !

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  • vellano1, Mumbai

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    but, it is difficult, when RESIGNING has been a HABIT!! he has ran off from everything after resigning! he says he is overburdened.. when he has zero portfolio and manish sisodia is new Rabri devi and manmohan singh for him! ... wait till 49 days, he may resign from CM post too! vhe vhe vhe

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  • vellano1, Mumbai

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    now congress type drama will unfold! he will go and sit in bengaluru nature camp and like sonia/rahul offer to resign, will do a emotional drama and people will say "NAHI..AAP HI HO JANAMDAATA"! and finally Salim and Prashant Bhushan will be sidelined, "see majority wants it"! rest in peace swaraj... "One person, one post" is for others! ...and daijiwalas as usual will say "who is other than Modi.. he is a dictator"! vhe vhe vhe

    recent aapholes, from daiji, should answer, are they in favor of this! vhe vhe vhe

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  • Chidananda Murthy, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Good one ! Aapholes probably a better description of AAP supporter than an Aaptard ! With leftists kicked out, it will just another corporate sponsored left of center party that will nicely occupy congress space. Congress mukth Bharat459 will be a reality

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  • Ash, Mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Next step would be Kejirwal Stepping down as Delhi CM.

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    Nautanki saala kujili..

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  • yogesh, bombay

    Wed, Mar 04 2015

    My yesterday's prediction came true too soon???Looks like Kejriji reading Daiji too...lol!

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