<p>One of the founders of Aam Aadmi Party Shanti Bhushan on Friday gave a big relief to his party when he refused to meet Kiran Bedi after she sought an appointment.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The entire leadership of the party remained involved in controlling the damage done by his statement. However, insiders say that senior leader’s remark was an outcome of internal dissensions.<br /><br />Smelling chances of a support, Bedi sought an appointment with the octogenarian leader. But his response was strong and dismissive. “No point in meeting me. I am in a different party,” Bhushan told her and advised her to concentrate on her campaign.<br /><br />Bhushan had praised her in a TV interview that she could make a good Chief Minister and the BJP has done a masterstroke by bringing her.<br /><br />The party leadership felt a sigh of relief after this. The emboldened party termed Bhushan’s praising her as a sign of internal democracy.<br /><br />“We have democracy in our party. No other party can have this kind of freedom in which a son (Prashant Bhushan) can differ with the views of his father or seniors.<br />Can Rahul Gandhi express differences with her mother Sonia Gandhi or Akhilesh with father Mulayam Singh? We all have seen how L K Advani was sidelined after his terming Modi as an event manager,” senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh told media persons.<br /><br />Prashant Bhushan had immediately dismissed senior Bhushan’s views and pointed out that Bedi had been opposed to joining politics and but she joined it ultimately.<br /><br />According to party sources, Bhushan’s statement is, in fact, an outcome of internal dissensions in the party.<br /><br />They say that Bhushan has been angry over such decisions like not contesting Assembly elections in states, especially in Haryana, after a debacle in Lok Sabha polls.<br /><br />He, along with other leaders are unhappy over the distribution of tickets in Delhi elections. <br /><br />Many of the leaders are also opposed to admitting people from BJP and the Congress. Party leaders are, however, claiming that statement of Shanti Bhushan was played out of context.<br /><br />In his interview, they say, he has attacked BJP and termed it as a communal party. “No one should expect that Bhushan might support BJP,” said an AAP leader.</p>
<p>One of the founders of Aam Aadmi Party Shanti Bhushan on Friday gave a big relief to his party when he refused to meet Kiran Bedi after she sought an appointment.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The entire leadership of the party remained involved in controlling the damage done by his statement. However, insiders say that senior leader’s remark was an outcome of internal dissensions.<br /><br />Smelling chances of a support, Bedi sought an appointment with the octogenarian leader. But his response was strong and dismissive. “No point in meeting me. I am in a different party,” Bhushan told her and advised her to concentrate on her campaign.<br /><br />Bhushan had praised her in a TV interview that she could make a good Chief Minister and the BJP has done a masterstroke by bringing her.<br /><br />The party leadership felt a sigh of relief after this. The emboldened party termed Bhushan’s praising her as a sign of internal democracy.<br /><br />“We have democracy in our party. No other party can have this kind of freedom in which a son (Prashant Bhushan) can differ with the views of his father or seniors.<br />Can Rahul Gandhi express differences with her mother Sonia Gandhi or Akhilesh with father Mulayam Singh? We all have seen how L K Advani was sidelined after his terming Modi as an event manager,” senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh told media persons.<br /><br />Prashant Bhushan had immediately dismissed senior Bhushan’s views and pointed out that Bedi had been opposed to joining politics and but she joined it ultimately.<br /><br />According to party sources, Bhushan’s statement is, in fact, an outcome of internal dissensions in the party.<br /><br />They say that Bhushan has been angry over such decisions like not contesting Assembly elections in states, especially in Haryana, after a debacle in Lok Sabha polls.<br /><br />He, along with other leaders are unhappy over the distribution of tickets in Delhi elections. <br /><br />Many of the leaders are also opposed to admitting people from BJP and the Congress. Party leaders are, however, claiming that statement of Shanti Bhushan was played out of context.<br /><br />In his interview, they say, he has attacked BJP and termed it as a communal party. “No one should expect that Bhushan might support BJP,” said an AAP leader.</p>
