AAP suspends Devinder Sehrawat over criticism of party leaders

The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday suspended its Bijwasan MLA Devinder Sehrawat, days after he wrote to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging “there are leaders in the party in Punjab that are exploiting women in return for tickets”. The decision to suspend Mr Sehrawat was taken by the disciplinary committee of the AAP’s Delhi unit.

The action comes after Mr Kejriwal returned to Delhi on Monday, wrapping up his four-day visit to poll-bound Punjab.

Responding to the party’s decision to suspend him, Mr Sehrawat tweeted, “Repeated Reports of Molestation of women and sexual abuse, Ring Master Kejriwal obliging his lecherous cotrie & adding more such candidates (sic).”

In another tweet earlier in the day, he had dared the party to expel him. “If you have the courage, severe the ties and expel. With 67 MLAs you could not perform, You don’t have it in you- So Get out of the Way....(sic),” he had said.

Mr Sehrawat had written to Mr Kejriwal at a time when the AAP is dealing with an embarrassing sex scandal that led to the sacking of Sandeep Kumar.

“I saw disturbing reports about women being exploited in Punjab in return of promise of tickets. I am meeting people in Chandigarh to check the position on ground... Dilip Pandey is doing same in Delhi,” Mr Sehrawat had alleged in his letter to the chief minister.