05 September,2016 08:44 AM IST | | Agencies
In a letter to Kejriwal, MLA criticises Ashutosh for justifying the expelled minister’s conduct
New Delhi: The controversy involving Sandeep Kumar further rankled the AAP yesterday as a party MLA shot off a letter to Arvind Kejriwal, criticising party leader Ashutosh's stand and alleged that a "coterie" was damaging the party.
Sandeep Kumar
Bijwasan MLA Devinder Sehrawat, who had earlier spoken out against the manner in which AAP had sacked Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, said the situation is getting indefensible and disgraceful, and action needs to be taken to remove "rottenelements".
He said "justifications" put forth by Ashutosh for Kumar's conduct were not "as per the acceptable value systems".
Kumar was arrested on Saturday night on rape and other charges hours after he surrendered before the police following a complaint by a woman, who purportedly figured in an "objectionable" CD with him. He was also suspended from the party.
Ashutosh, in a blog, had referred to the reported relationships of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru with women to defend Kumar over the "objectionable" CD and claimed that he was sacked as a minister for "perception management".
