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AAP crisis decoded: It's time Kejriwal sacrificed himself to save the party

Senior party leaders believe that the AAP might even split in the near future

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: PTI
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: PTI

Archis Mohan New Delhi
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is busy imploding.

A large number of party legislators in Delhi are angry at Arvind Kejriwal. AAP legislators and common workers believe Kejriwal has betrayed the spirit of the AAP movement. They accuse Kejriwal, along with his coterie of men, of having centralised decision making, cutting himself off from workers and generally having acted in a high-handed manner.

Aside from the situation in Delhi, most of AAP’s 20 legislators in Punjab have little love for the Delhi chief minister. Kejriwal’s two appointees for Punjab, Sanjay Singh and Durgesh Pathak, quit after the loss in the
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