Sidelined AAP leader Yogendra Yadav seems to be courting the sympathy of Aam Aadmi Party volunteers, prompting fears in the Arvind Kejriwal camp. Kejriwal camp fears that he might try to split the party in future and take over its units outside Delhi. Yadav, the party ideologue, and lawyer Prashant Bhushan were voted out of the AAP's top decision-making body by party boss Kejriwal's supporters in a drama scripted and directed by AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal.

Yadav has been repeatedly underlining the "hopes of the volunteers" and promising to remain in the party to uphold these thousands of foot soldiers' aspirations. The AAP volunteers have begun an online campaign to garner support for a petition titled: "AAP volunteers seek proof against Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan because of which they have been expelled from the PAC." Shri Yadav tweeted: "Flood of messages of solidarity and outrage from volunteers; I appeal to all that we retain our faith in the idea of the Aam Aadmi Party."

To pre-empt any possible effort to split AAP, the camp of Delhi chief minister Kejriwal is drawing up a plan to overhaul all the party units in Delhi and other states. "All units of the party, from the centre to the states to the districts, will be restructured. We won't allow any efforts at a takeover to succeed," a Kejriwal aide said. "He (Yadav) is such a sweet talker but his intentions are poisonous. Kejriwal was quick to realise his real intentions," the loyalist said.

The youngest party with enormous support base has been riddled with infighting and parliamentary ambitions have now become a laughable group for the supporters and the people voted for AAP. 

By Premji