BackYogendra Yadav talks of ‘new initiative’, seeks public’s view
Yadav said neither he nor Prashant wanted the people to accuse them of being mute spectators to the 'moral downfall' of the movement
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New Delhi: Dissident Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav has hinted that he may float a new political outfit along with fellow rebel Prashant Bhushan as he virtually ruled out quitting politics and also sought the public’s views as to what should be the ideology of an alternative formulation.
Appearing to also rule out taking legal recourse against their removal from top AAP bodies, Yadav, in an essay entitled, ‘Direction to a new politics?’, wondered whether the anti-corruption movement, which gave “birth to AAP", should be an agent of alternative politics or be reduced to an ordinary political alternative.
Attacking the leadership of the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, Yadav said that neither he nor Bhushan wanted the people to accuse them of being mute spectators to the “moral downfall" of the movement.
“The dilemma confronting us was preserving unity on the one hand and preserving the soul of the movement. We were torn between not partaking in the sin being committed on the one hand and not destroying the hopes of party workers all over the country," Yadav wrote.
Seeking to examine the merits and demerits of the options before them, Yadav said that quitting politics would “weaken democracy" while trying to bring changes within AAP was not possible as any difference of opinion was termed a “revolt" by the party. Floating the idea of a new outfit, Yadav sought the public’s views by raising a series of questions on the viability of such a move, which he said would be in accordance with the tenets of the ‘Swaraj’ movement.
“The question is, how would that politics be? What would be its ideological outlook? How to keep at bay the greed of instant success? Can success be achieved without compromising with one’s moral ideals? And, will public associate themselves with this new initiative?" he asked.
Yadav said these questions had been occupying their minds for a long time as the “digressions" of the party from its foundational principles became apparent. “(A) few have already left raising these issues," he wrote.
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