Kumar Vishwas slams viruses in AAP, hints at return of Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav

Vishwas said the Aam Aadmi Party needs an "anti-virus system" to take on the viruses that have been destroying it.

IndiaToday.in  | Posted by Kritika Banerjee
New Delhi, December 4, 2017 | UPDATED 11:01 IST

Days after a poster featuring AAP leader Kumar Vishwas eclipsing Arvind Kejriwal created a storm in the party, Vishwas said talks are on with founder members Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav to bring them back to the Aam Aadmi Party fold.

Kumar Vishwas, one of the founder members of AAP, said that the party will ask for "forgiveness" for its "mistakes" and hinted at an "Aam Aadmi Party version 2" during a meeting with AAP workers at party headquarters in Rouse Avenue on Sunday.

Kumar Vishwas and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal share a blow hot-blow cold relationship with Vishwas often taking potshots at the AAP leadership. At the Sunday meeting too, Vishwas said the party needs an "anti-virus system" to take on the viruses that have been destroying the party.

HERE IS ALL THAT KUMAR VISHWAS SAID AT THE MEETING WITH AAP WORKERS:
  1. Kumar Vishwas said that a list is being drawn of leaders who left the party and talks are on to bring them back to the party fold.
  2. "If no one has joined a political party and wants to come here... if one has formed a political party and wants to merge their party with ours... if someone went back for doing social work after being unhappy with us... the list is long," Vishwas said.
  3. The list includes names of former and current AAP leaders such as Subhash Ware, Anjali Damania, Mayank Gandhi, Dharamvira Gandhi, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav.
  4. "We are synchronising the list (of such people). Dialogues are being held with them by volunteers. We will ask for forgiveness for the mistakes we did," Kumar Vishwas said.
  5. AAP founder members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan were sacked by the party in April, 2015, for "anti-party" activities after they questioned Arvind Kejriwal's style of functioning.
  6. At the meeting, Kumar Vishwas also slammed his detractors and blamed viruses for eroding party's support base. "An anti-virus system will be set up in the party which will include party workers," he said.
  7. The AAP leader once again said that the AAP has deviated from its path and needs to go back to the basics.

(with inputs from agencies)

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