While appearing on a news television show, Aam Aadmi Party ideologue Yogendra Yadav admitted that the Somnath Bharti debacle had negatively affected the party's public image, and that he has told Arvind Kejriwal to "slow down".
"The party came across as shielding someone who has done something wrong,'' Yadav said regarding the Somnath Bharti incident, wherein the AAP minister conducted a raid on African women in the capital. "Yadav said on day one itself, after Bharti went on a midnight raid against African women, AAP should have set the record straight. Instead, it led to loss of perception, which is a vital factor in a democracy," said a report in India Today.
Arvind Kejriwal. Firstpost image
"I have told Arvind let's slow down a bit. But he is too energetic … Difficult to stop him then," said Yadav about the Delhi chief minister.
Asked what mistakes the Kejriwal government had made, Mr. Yadav reportedly said, "I do feel we have tried too much. Anxiety, the pressure of being in public gaze has created artificial pressure on the government. We have had a lot to learn."
According to a report in The Hindu, after speaking to Yadav a party spokesman said that in answer to a question Yadav had remarked: "Earlier, there were complaints about governments being slow and now there is a grouse that the AAP government in Delhi is in a hurry. This is a new complaint. Whether slow or fast, the government is doing good work and a lot of work.''
Yadav also defended Kejriwal's "dharna". "You should ask the police why Section 144 was imposed when a Chief Minister was going to meet the Home Minister? The dharna was much needed. It was to protest against an absurdity written into the governance for Delhi. It was a small but symbolic victory for the people of Delhi," said Yadav.
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