AAP's maiden foray in UP municipal polls hit by inner-party bickering

The AAP's maiden foray into urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh was engulfed in a a major crisis on Saturday when many senior party leaders accused Lucknow district convener Gaurav Maheshwari of getting his wife named as the party candidate for Lucknow mayor by deceit and fraud.

Several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders met state spokesman Vaibhav Maheshwari here and gave documentary evidence supporting their allegations, noting neither them nor the authorized screening committee had named Priyanka Maheshwari as the official mayor candidate, but still posters and banners bearing her name as one had been plastered all across the city with "bad intent and fraudulent means".

AAP leaders told IANS that there was no document to prove that the party had named here as their candidate.

They have also alleged that naming of Kamlendra Singh as the new district convener was also done fraudulently.

Vaibhav Maheshwari told IANS that the leadership was seized of the matter and an appropriate decisions, based on the founding principles of the party, would be taken soon.

"Our party is very tough on matters involving fraud and forgery and all that needs to be done will be done" he said.

He added that the party in-charge Sanjay Singh is being informed of the complaints and action will be taken soonest.

--IANS

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