AAP’s Rickshaw Rollercoaster

It’s not just ‘doctored’ sting operations that have been bothering Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party.

It’s not just ‘doctored’ sting operations that have been bothering Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party. With the Delhi state elections just around the corner, a group of Delhi autowallahs have decided to take on Kejriwal and his party through a protest campaign. Autorickshaws across the city are now carrying banners against him. Their point of contention is that despite using Delhi’s autos to promote the party, with banners displaying the party’s broom symbol posted behind several autos for many months now, the AAP has denied a party ticket to auto driver Bhaag Singh, previously a party nominee for the Kalkaji constituency of South Delhi. While party members claim Singh withdrew his nomination citing personal reasons, Rakesh Aggarwal of Nyaybhoomi—an NGO that works for the welfare of autorickshaw drivers and is at the helm of the protest campaign—alleges that Kejriwal is undemocratic and deliberately denied Bhaag Singh a party ticket.

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Aanchal Bansal