AAP
leader Ashutosh had a dream to become a parliamentarian. He never knew that
chief minister Arwind Kejriwal will squeeze his talent to argue effectively on
news channels for over four years, and later, he will be shown the door.
Sources said he will never return to the partyĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s fold. But the
question still haunts power corridors as why did Ashutosh quit. Just take a
look at three reasons why Ashutosh announced his resignation last week. Kejriwal assigned Ashutosh Chandni Chowk
parliamentary seat to contest the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 but he lost it badly.
Reportedly, in 2019, this seat may be given to Pankaj Gupta. Even if Ashutosh
was given ticket on this seat, Congress candidate will severely dent the vote
of AAP. Thus, there is no chance of becoming a Lok Sabha MP from this seat.
Precisely, this LS seat is extremely vulnerable for Ashutosh and Pankaj Gupta
both. Contesting this seat would mean loss of energy, face value and resources.
So, he took a step to escape unblemished from KejriwalĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s fold. After continuing
his spirited fight on all news channels almost every day to defend Kejriwal,
Ashutosh was expecting a Rajya Sabha berth for which he considered himself the
strongest claimant. But Kejriwal shattered his dream denying him RS berth. Hence,
he had no role left in the partyĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s framework to nourish his political ambition.
AAP leadership led by Kejriwal tried hard for the past four months to
have a seat-sharing arrangement with the Congress in Delhi but all it failed
miserably. Congress is gradually gaining ground and it is in a position to
derail AAP and decimate it substantially in the Capital. This will reduce the
political prospect of Kejriwal. Before AAP becomes smaller political force
compared to existing strength of 67 Assembly seats, it was politically correct
for Ashutosh to part ways with old friend Arwind Kejriwal.
AAP
leader Ashutosh had a dream to become a parliamentarian. He never knew that
chief minister Arwind Kejriwal will squeeze his talent to argue effectively on
news channels for over four years, and later, he will be shown the door.
Sources said he will never return to the partyĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s fold. But the
question still haunts power corridors as why did Ashutosh quit. Just take a
look at three reasons why Ashutosh announced his resignation last week.
Kejriwal assigned Ashutosh Chandni Chowk parliamentary seat to contest the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 but he lost it badly. Reportedly, in 2019, this seat may be given to Pankaj Gupta. Even if Ashutosh was given ticket on this seat, Congress candidate will severely dent the vote of AAP. Thus, there is no chance of becoming a Lok Sabha MP from this seat. Precisely, this LS seat is extremely vulnerable for Ashutosh and Pankaj Gupta both. Contesting this seat would mean loss of energy, face value and resources. So, he took a step to escape unblemished from KejriwalĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s fold.
After continuing his spirited fight on all news channels almost every day to defend Kejriwal, Ashutosh was expecting a Rajya Sabha berth for which he considered himself the strongest claimant. But Kejriwal shattered his dream denying him RS berth.
Hence, he had no role left in the partyĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s framework to nourish his political ambition.
AAP leadership led by Kejriwal tried hard for the past four months to
have a seat-sharing arrangement with the Congress in Delhi but all it failed
miserably. Congress is gradually gaining ground and it is in a position to
derail AAP and decimate it substantially in the Capital. This will reduce the
political prospect of Kejriwal. Before AAP becomes smaller political force
compared to existing strength of 67 Assembly seats, it was politically correct
for Ashutosh to part ways with old friend Arwind Kejriwal.