AAP sidelining leaders with nationalist views: Former member

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Press Trust of India Ahmedabad
Last Updated : Apr 15 2014 | 10:05 PM IST
An expelled founder member of AAP today alleged that the party's central leadership was either sidelining or removing leaders with 'nationalist' views.
"Nationalist persons in the AAP have been either sidelined or expelled, while persons who have openly supported or have links with Naxals, Maoists and separatists have become part of the party," Ashwini Upadhyay, a former member of AAP National Executive, said here.
Upadhyay, who was expelled from the party for alleged any-party activities in March, also raised question about the party's funding.
"The party has been funded by forces who were behind the division of Russia. The forces may be CIA (US intelligence agency) or the Ford Foundation," he alleged.
"If passport details of some AAP leaders from 2004 to present comes out then it will be clear that they are working on the direction of CIA and the Ford Foundation." he alleged.
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First Published: Apr 15 2014 | 10:05 PM IST

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