Aam Aadmi Party out of UP Lok Sabha elections due to leadership crisis

Lucknow: The leadership crisis within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Uttar Pradesh has forced it not to contest the Lok Sabha elections in the state. According to party sources, the decision has been taken because senior AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who is in-charge of the state, has been in jail since October last year on money laundering charges and in his absence it was felt that the campaign would not be carried out. Will go. possible. “Sanjay Singh has been focusing on UP for the last three-four years and knows all the things required for electoral politics. With him in jail, there is no other leader who can fill the void, select candidates, outline the campaign and participate in the election campaign. Instead of wavering in the field, it has been decided that we will not contest elections in UP this time,” said Nadeem Ashraf, a party functionary.

He further said, “Sanjay Singh is working continuously in UP and without him it will not be possible to contest elections here. Instead, our workers will either go to Delhi or Punjab or other states to campaign for the party or work for the India Bloc candidates here. Another factor that has held back AAP from contesting elections in UP is that the main Indian constituents in UP – the Samajwadi Party and the Congress – have not even made an effort to include AAP in seat-sharing talks. “Since both the parties in India have announced their candidates in UP, there is no point in contesting the elections and harming the opposition,” the AAP leader said.