Massive Blow To Kejriwal In Delhi As 13 AAP Councillors Resign, Rebels To Form New Party Indraprastha Vikas Party

New Delhi: In a major setback to the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, 13 councillors resigned from its primary membership on Saturday. The rebel councillors are set to form a new party under the leadership of Mukesh Goel, who was the leader of the House for AAP in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The new outfit will be named Indraprastha Vikas Party. Goel, who has served as a municipal councillor for 25 years, switched to the AAP from Congress in 2021.

Speaking to news agency PTI, Ashok Pandey, Ward 109, Vikas Nagar corporator who resigned from Aam Admi Party said, “We came here to work for development of our ward. The work is not happening. We were in Aam Admi Party for 2.5 years, our main issue was that our colony was unauthorised. So, people were facing issues of garbage and drainage… We didn't get funds from party to work. We tried to talk to AAP’s senior leadership but there was no action.”

Councillors Who Resigned

Mukesh Goel, Hemchand Goyal, Dinesh Bhardwaj, Himani Jain, Usha Sharma, Sahib Kumar, Rakhi Kumar, Ashok Pandey, Rajesh Kumar, Anil Rana, Devendra Kumar, and Himani Jain.