This story is from September 28, 2016

' Arvind Kejriwal running party like firm with paid observers'

Suspended AAP leader and Lok Sabha MP Dharamvira Gandhi claimed on Tuesday that organization's observers in Punjab were not volunteers but were salaried employees of the party.
' Arvind Kejriwal running party like firm with paid observers'
JALANDAR: Suspended AAP leader and Lok Sabha MP Dharamvira Gandhi claimed on Tuesday that organization's observers in Punjab were not volunteers but were salaried employees of the party. He also said that AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal had adapted corporate model to run and control the party and politics through them. He also commented on Navjot Singh Sidhu-led Awaaz-e-Punjab, saying it was a political forum formed in haste and appeared indecisive.

"Kejriwal has adopted a typical corporate model. Only two brands Kejriwal and 'jhaaru' (broom) were promoted while good people were made irrelevant," he said during an interaction with the newspersons in Jalandhar. He was here to attend a function organized by 'Volunteers Front', a breakaway group of AAP, to mark the birth anniversary of revolutionary Bhagat Singh.
"Kejriwal's paid observers from outside have not allowed Punjab AAP's leaders to flourish. They have snatched Punjabis' right to decide the political course," he said. He said there was height of opportunity in Punjab and there was also height of opportunism as well, and Delhi-based AAP leaders were demonstrating it well.
The Patiala MP said if Shiromani Akali Dal returned to power or gain anything in the 2017 Punjab elections then Delhi-based AAP leaders would be solely responsible as they were giving tickets to candidates whose credentials were not above board. He also said as Kejriwal had always touted the idea of transparency, the party should make public other names considered for giving tickets and what were the merits of the candidates who finally got it.
"This party set a high moral for itself and now where is that bar when they are announcing the candidates," Gandhi asked. He said he feared that ensuing elections could be violent in Punjab. "Asking thousands of their supporters to display the placards against Majithia alone was a foolish way of politics and reflected insecurity of the leaders," he said.
Asked about his resigning from the party if he did not agree with its policies, Gandhi said only one person who should, Kejriwal. "He ran away from the principles on the basis of which the party was formed. I have been elected by people and I am doing their duty and serving them well. Let AAP leaders explain where are the principles about which they were talking. I still stand by those principles," he said.
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