AAP's rebel crisis deepens, MLA Binny calls Kejriwal a 'dictator'

Says taking Congress support to form the govt is a 'compromise of the party's principles'

Mounting yet another assault, AAP MLA Vinod Kumar Binny today accused the party of "cheating" the people of Delhi by backtracking on its election promises and called Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a "dictator".

The Laxmi Nagar MLA, who was sulking after being left out of the Cabinet last month, addressed a press conference where he slammed the leadership on a range of issues and said taking support of Congress to form the government was a "compromise of the party's principles".

"You (Kejriwal) have become a dictator. Stop fooling the people of Delhi. All decisions in the party are taken in closed rooms by four-five people. Arvind gets angry if people express any differences with him. If anyone speaks against him, he starts shouting," Binny said.

The 39-year-old-MLA said the party has "forgotten" its ideologies and become "an opportunist outfit" after coming to power.

"They are using policy of use and throw. First, they have used Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi and still many people in the party are being exploited," he said.

Binny said though the party during the election campaign had promised to provide 700 litres of free water to each household, the government "very cleverly" announced that those exceeding the limit will have to pay for the full amount.

On the electricity front, Binny said that the government "defrauded" the people of Delhi as the party had promised to halve the bills after coming to power.

"The government said subsidy will be given to those whose monthly consumption does not exceed 400 units. This is totally unacceptable. The party has cheated the people of Delhi," he said.

The MLA said he will go on a strike if the promises made to people during the election campaign are not fulfilled by January 27.

He also attacked the ministers of the Delhi government, maintaining though they had said they wouldn't use red beacon cars, they have all taken big cars with VIP registration numbers.

Referring to the alleged gangrape of a Danish woman, he said had another party been in power, then AAP would have held massive protests in the city to target the government of the day.

"What have they done to protect the women in Delhi?" he asked.