Medha Patkar resigns from AAP's primary membership

The social activist expressed regret over the party's infighting coming to the forefront

Social activist and a prominent member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP),  Medha Patkar on Saturday quit the party and expressed regret over AAP's Infighting. 

She termed Saturday's meeting  of the national council as unfortunate and said,
"I have always maintained that AAP's processes were not proper. We condemn today's incident, it was unfortunate. Many state units want me to take a tough stand. I never accepted any position of the party but as senior member and an activist the disappointment is there."

The social activist was referring to the expulsion of dissenting duo Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from the party's National Executive. Two other so-called rebels Prof. Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha were also expelled.

She said, "Prashant Bhushan fought against various corruption scandals helped strengthen the anti-corruption movement in the country.Yogendra Yadav has reached the farmers and people at the grass-root level and have supported them.I don't know of any instance where they have done anti-party activities.I would not want to level any charges against the Aam Aadmi Party either.It is sad that the infighting of the party has come to the forefront."

Meanwhile, Yogendra Yadav called his and Bhushan's  ouster a "murder of democracy", as he stepped out of the party’s National Council meeting earlier in the day.

While the group was aware of the brute majority of Arvind Kejriwal supporters within the meeting venue at Kapashera's Calista farm, what stunned them was the “goonadaism” unleashed at the meeting not just by bouncers who had specially been called in but by elected AAP MLAs who did not allow the “dissenters” to put across their views.