AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has seemingly refused to accept journalist-turned-politician Ashutosh’s resignation from the party.
In a tweet, Kejriwal asked how the party could accept Ashutosh’s resignation and said: “not in this life”.
How can we ever accept ur resignation?
ना, इस जनम में तो नहीं। https://t.co/r7Y3tTcIOZ
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 15, 2018
Minutes later, he re-tweeted a post with the photo above, saying: “Sir, we all love you very much”.
.@ashutosh83B सर, हम सब आपको बहुत प्यार करते हैं। https://t.co/2JuZeQbifz
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 15, 2018
Ashutosh announced in a tweet this morning that he will be leaving the party for a ‘very, very personal reason’. “Every journey has an end. My association with AAP which was beautiful/revolutionary has also an end. I have resigned from the PARTY/requested PAC to accept the same. It is purely from a very very personal reason.Thanks to party/all of them who supported me Throughout. Thanks,” he tweeted.
Every journey has an end. My association with AAP which was beautiful/revolutionary has also an end.I have resigned from the PARTY/requested PAC to accept the same. It is purely from a very very personal reason.Thanks to party/all of them who supported me Throughout.Thanks.
— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) August 15, 2018
Ashutosh often defended the party in TV news debates, but felt sidelined in recent months, sources said. He was not in AAP’s list of three candidates for a Rajya Sabha seat earlier this year. He has not visited AAP Delhi’s office and kept away from important party activities for the last few months, sources said.
