Concept of 'fast food' has entered politics: Yogendra Yadav

Rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav on Tuesday said political parties have started following a 'fast-food' culture as they want faster results in everything, irrespective of the way it is achieved.

"The concept of fast food has also entered politics as they want everything fast, compromising on the quality. It has spoilt a lot of people. Whoever wants to bring a change in this country within a span of 20 days or 20 months will have to take a shrewd path. To bring actual change, we need to plan things for the next twenty years," said Yadav.

Furthermore, he said several questions are being raised about AAP's ideologies and its stand on various issues.

"This matter is not about my respect in the party or anything related to that. There are bigger questions that need to be answered. A lot of people are raising questions over the party's ideologies; be it about our stand on the economy, or defence or agriculture," said Yadav.

"The country has witnessed a lot in the past two years. Nobody was ready to believe that something good can happen in this country and that common people like us could contest the elections but, the country witnessed a big change," he added.

Earlier in the day, Prashant Bhushan had rejected party leader Atishi Marlena's assertion that he backed out of ending the party's internal feud because of his father Shanti Bhushan.

"It is not correct to say that negotiations broke down because of my father Shanti Bhushan. Atishi was not present during discussions and negotiations, so she is not aware of the full facts," Bhushan told ANI.

Marlena, who was dropped as the party's spokesperson earlier this month, had reportedly in a letter to senior party leaders alleged that Sanjay Singh had almost brought an end to the party's rift, but Bhushan refused to accept the terms because of his father threatened to move out of the family home.

She also reportedly added that Bhushan's decision would go down as one of the 'gravest mistakes of our time'.

Bhushan and Yadav were expelled from the AAP 's national executive on March 28 for anti-party activities.

Following their expulsion Bhushan, Yadav, Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha have convened a meeting of their supporters on April 14 to discuss the future course of action, amid speculations that they may a float a new political party.