AAP overhaul is Kejriwal's cure for infighting,admits mistakes

Battling severe criticism, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal today announced steps to significantly overhaul the party from the grassroots to the national level and attempted to pacify the dissidents by admitting that he too makes mistakes.
At the end of the party's three-day national executive, Kejriwal announced 'Mission Vistar (expansion)' under which all existing committees of the party will be revamped and "new people" representing various sections will be included with the next one year.
Under the restructuring plan, AAP's highest decision making body the Political Affairs Committee and the national Executive will also be re-constituted, he said addressing a press conference, flanked by top brass of the party.

The party has formed a six-member committee, headed by convenor of party's Karnataka unit Prithvi Reddy, to suggest restructuring of the party.
About infighting in Aam Aadmi Party, Kejriwal said having differences in a "democratic" party was quite normal and hoped that AAP will grow stronger.
Trying to put behind his rift with senior leader Yogendra Yadav, Kejriwal said, "He is my elder brother. He has the right to scold me. I take his suggestions seriously. I am a human and when I make mistakes. Elder brothers like Yogendra Yadav point it out to me."

Yadav had quit from AAP Political Affairs Committee after charging Kejriwal with "falling prey to personality cult", while Ilmi had resigned from the party saying a coterie surrounding the former chief minister was running the party.

Yesterday, the AAP National Executive had rejected resignation of Yadav and Shazia Ilmi who had alleged "lack of internal democracy" in the party.
"It's time to restructure the party. The entire party will be reconstituted from booth to national level. New people will be picked. We will go to village and will bring more people in the party. We'll call it 'Mission Vistar'," Kejriwal said.
He said AAP performed well in Lok Sabha elections, though it won only four seats.
"Has it ever happened that a small young party won four seats in its first election. Despite a (Modi) wave, we did well," he said.

AAP had fielded over 430 candidates in LS polls but failed to win any seat in Delhi, where it had registered a stunning victory in assembly polls in December last year .