Friday, June 10 2022

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The AAP dissolved its Himachal Pradesh working committee on Monday after other of its hill state leaders, including its chief wife Mamata Thakur, joined the BJP.

Senior AAP official and Delhi health minister Satyender Jain announced the party’s decision, saying the new poll-linked state working committee for Himachal Pradesh will be “reorganized soon”.

“Aam Aadmi Party State Working Committee of Himachal Pradesh has been dissolved. The new State Working Committee will soon be reorganized,” Jain tweeted announcing the party’s decision on the microblogging site.

Union Minister and MP for Hamirpur Anurag Thakur has mocked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after its heads of state joined the BJP, saying its leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will struggle to save his party organization in Himachal Pradesh.

As of Friday, AAP Himachal Pradesh Chairman Anup Kesari, General Secretary (Organization) Satish Thakur and Una District Chief Iqbal Singh had joined the BJP in the presence of its Chairman JP Nadda and Thakur in the nation’s capital.

Seeking to downplay defections from its state unit, the AAP then said it would fire them, saying the three leaders joining the BJP were ‘filthy’ and there were allegations against Kesari of indecent behavior with women.

Kesari lashed out at the AAP leadership for engaging in “character assassination” and alleged that they were “fake nationalists” and full of arrogance.

He and Mamata Thakur accused the AAP of ignoring party members in the state and praised the BJP for its programs.

Anurag Thakur, a native of the state, said the AAP was so shaken by the departure of its leaders from the party that it started tossing out allegations to insult them, including the women.

“Kejriwal had thought about forming a government in the state but he is struggling to save his party organization,” he said.

Elections are scheduled in Himachal Pradesh later this year.

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