15 MCD councillors resign from AAP, form new Indraprastha Vikas Party
Speaking to ANI, Himani Jain and Mukesh Goel stated that no significant work had been completed in the municipal corporation over the past 2.5 years due to internal conflicts.
The councillors led by Himani Jain and Mukesh Goel flagged internal conflicts behind their resignation. They formed a new political party named the 'Indraprastha Vikas Party.'
New Delhi: In an another setback for the Aam Aadmi Party months after the assembly poll drubbing, 15 councillors in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have resigned from the party's membership and announced the formation of a new party.
'We have formed a new party, Indraprastha Vikas Party. We have resigned from AAP. In the last 2.5 years, no work was done in the corporation which should have been done. We were in power, yet we did nothing… We have formed a new party because our ideology is to work for the development of Delhi… We will support the party which will work for the development of Delhi. So far, 15 councillors have resigned. More may join…,' Jain said.
Mukesh Goel said, 'About 15 councillors have resigned from the primary membership of Aam Aadmi Party and formed a new party, Indraprastha Vikas Party. Despite being in power, we could not work for the service of the people of Delhi. We could not work due to internal conflicts…'
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Priyanka Kakkar alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is attempting to lure AAP councillors with financial incentives following the resignation of several councillors from the party.
The AAP leader accused the BJP of resorting to such tactics to bolster its position in the municipal body.
Speaking to ANI, Kakkar claimed, 'We had also told during the mayor election how the BJP had offered Rs five crore to our councillors to join their party. This time also they are trying to buy councillors, because the BJP still does not have enough members to form a standing committee or a ward committee, so they are trying these things…' (ANI)
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