'Progress can't happen if...': Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot quits AAP
PTC News Desk: In a major loss for the Aam Aadmi Party months before the Delhi Assembly elections, senior minister and long-time party leader Kailash Gahlot has resigned.
According to sources, he plans to join the BJP. Gahlot was in charge of several major ministries in the Delhi government, including home, transport, information technology, and women's and child development.
In his resignation letter to party head Arvind Kejriwal, the 50-year-old leader cited "grave challenges" that the AAP faces from within.
"Political ambitions have overtaken our commitment towards people, leaving many promises unfulfilled. Take for example the Yamuna, which we had promised to transform into a clean river, but never got around to doing it. Now the Yamuna River is perhaps even more polluted than ever before," he wrote.
In an apparent dig at Kejriwal, he has referred to "many embarrassing and awkward controversies like the Sheeshmahal" -- a word used by the BJP to refer to the Chief Minister's house refurbished during Kejriwal's tenure. He has stated that such scandals "are now making everyone doubt whether we still believe in being the Aam Aadmi".
Gahlot stated that AAP has been "fighting for its own political agenda," which has "severely crippled our ability to even deliver basic services to the people of Delhi." "It is now obvious that real progress for Delhi cannot happen if the Delhi Government spends majority of its time fighting with the Centre," he's stated.
"I had started my political journey with the commitment to serve the people of Delhi and I want to continue doing that. Which is why, I fed myself left with no option but to step away from AAP and hence I resign from primary membership of Aam Aadmi Party. I wish you the best for your health and future," he added.
- PTC NEWS
