Tensions in AAP? Dilip Pandey asks Kumar Vishwas `Why are you silent on Vasundhara Raje`

Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Dilip Pandey later said that he has full faith in Kumar Vishwas and there is no rift between the party members.

New Delhi: Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Dilip Pandey on Wednesday questioned Kumar Vishwas for attacking Congress leaders while being `soft` on Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

Pandey tweeted a link to a news story about Vishwas criticising former Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit and said: "Brother, you launch fervent attacks on the Congress but (you) say that you will not attack Vasundhara (Raje). Why?"

He was referring to a news report on Sunday on Vishwas attacking former Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit for his comments against Army chief Bipin Rawat.

Pandey's tweet came a day after Vishwas said in a TV interview that he would attack the BJP government in Rajasthan, but not make any comments on her personal life.

Referring to the war of words between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Arvind Kejriwal, Vishwas said the country had seen the results of negative politics over the last three years.

Here is what Pandey tweeted:

भैया, आप कांग्रेसियों को ख़ूब गाली देते हो, पर कहते हो कि राजस्थान में वसुंधरा के ख़िलाफ़ नहीं बोलेंगे? ऐसा क्यों?https://t.co/jKGz3IHded — Dilip K. Pandey (@dilipkpandey) June 14, 2017

However, Pandey, who recently quit as AAP's Delhi unit convener after the party's defeat in the MCD polls, later requested to not misinterpret the tweet.

"I want to make it clear that the people should not take out different meanings of this tweet. Kumar Vishwas is admired by everyone in the party and we respect him immensely. He has always promoted positivity within the party. The AAP works together to expose the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress and we will continue doing that," Pandey told ANI.

He further said that he was tensed due to the rift in the party as following all the tweets and interviews, it was indicated that Vishwas was speaking against the BJP alone and not the Congress which was confusing for the party members.

"They were thinking why we are changing our political stand as we have always raised our voices against both of them and exposed them. So therefore, I made this simple question," he asserted.

He added that he has full faith in Vishwas and there is no rift between the party members.

"People who think we are the last sunlight of positivity, what will they think after this? It should be loud and clear that the AAP will always raise its voice against corruption be it is of the BJP or the Congress," Pandey said.

(With Agency inputs)