AAP's Maharashtra unit chief has resigned from the party's National Executive, over the manner in which the unit was dissolved.
Shocked at the undemocratic way in which the Aam Aadmi Party's Maharashtra's unit was dissolved, the state chief, Subhash Ware, resigned from the membership of the party's National Executive.
"Yes I have resigned. I don't oppose the decision (of dissolution of Maharashtra unit). But the undemocratic way it was dissolved, me and entire fleet of volunteers were shocked," said Mr Ware.
The AAP leader sent his resignation via email to party's general secretary Pankaj Gupta on October 2. The state unit of Maharashtra was dissolved a day earlier on October 1. The decision, posted on AAP website, said the party's Political Committee Affairs (PAC) had dissolved "all bodies in Maharashtra."
Mr Ware said, "Moreover, senior leaders levelled serious allegations and said that party had become dysfunctional, but the truth is that now AAP was getting noticed among farmers and other people in the state."
The leader clarified that he was not quitting AAP and added that he would work as per directives of the party. After Mr Ware's resignation, Mayank Gandhi is the only national executive member left from Maharashtra.
Party sources had earlier said that the dissolution followed the state unit's reluctance to act against Mr Gandhi, also the party's best known face in the state. It was Mr Gandhi who had taken on AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal through his blogs over the expulsion of Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from the party.
Mr Gandhi has termed the move of dissolution of the state unit as the party leadership "hell-bent on destroying" the organization, alleging that party members were involved in playing "gutter politics."
AAP's national spokesperson Preeti Sharma Menon had hit back at Mr Gandhi terming him a "dictator", who was allegedly destroying the volunteers' base in the state.
Senior AAP leader, Ravi Srivastava today termed Mr Ware's resignation as "unfortunate" saying, "I hope the central leadership would soon take corrective measures."