'Honesty not respected in AAP', Arun Bhatia attacks Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan for double standards

Dailybhaskar.com   |  Feb 17, 2014, 19:56PM IST

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Pune: Aam Aadmi Party claims to be an honest party, but its members are slamming it for treading the path of dishonesty. First Dr Rupa from Nagpur alleged the AAP is not maintaining transparency in ticket distribution and decisions are being forced down their throat by party leadership. Now, former bureaucrat Arun Bhatia and realtor DS Kulkarni have waged a war against the party. After being denied ticket, Bhatia has decided to contest from Pune as independent candidate. Although Arun Bhatia is not a member of AAP, he was trying hard to get the party's nomination.

According to a report in The Indian Express, after being denied nomination, Bhatia wasted no time in slamming the AAP leadership which, he said, did not believe in supporting honest candidates. “I am disappointed and surprised AAP did not pick me,” said Bhatia while stressing that there was “no difference between Congress, NCP, BJP and the AAP. “They have nothing to do with honest and truthful candidates.

According to the report Bhatia said a letter that he wrote to Arvind Kejriwal against Prashant Bhushan could be the key reason why AAP cold-shouldered him. “After applying for AAP ticket, I had written a letter to Kejriwal urging him to remove Prashant Bhushan from any post that he holds in the party. This is because there have been charges regarding Noida plots against Bhushan who has never clarified on the controversy,” he said.


Realtor D S Kulkarni, who was also hoping for AAP nod, too debunked the party.   He said that there was a distinct lack of transparency in the party while it went about giving tickets.

Earlier, Vindo Kumar Binny had alleged that tickets for elections are not distributed fairly in the Party. He had alleged that there is pretence of gathering signatures and then picking the best candidates. His rebellion on ticket distribution was one of the main reasons for his expulsion from the party. Now, other leaders are raising the same issue.

Kejriwal had sought public opinion before finalising the candidates for assembly seats, but now that tradition was not followed. A list of possible candidates was put on the web site, but the list was removed the same night.

On Sunday the final list was made public.

Further, Kumar Vishwas has been campaigning in Amethi for a long time. Many allege that if names are finalised this way, than where is the opinion of Aam Aadmi in the party.

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