Patna, April 4 (IANS) Bihar Minister Ramkripal Yadav, reacting to the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) decision to remove MP Raghav Chadha as the party’s Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha, on Saturday said that the party’s national Convenor Arvind Kejriwal wants to keep his party workers and leaders under control “like slaves”.

“Raghav Chadha has not said anything wrong. Everyone has heard it; the whole world has heard it. But I don’t know what problem Arvind Kejriwal is facing. If anyone expresses their opinion clearly, in a democracy, everyone has the right to speak. Kejriwal wants to keep his party workers and leaders under control like slaves.” Ramkripal Yadav told IANS.

He also criticised Kejriwal’s leadership style. “Kejriwal seems to have forgotten that India is a democratic country. He came to power through a movement, but now he is doing all the things that previous governments used to do. He is fading away, and in the coming times, his party will completely vanish. It is unfortunate,” he claimed.

Meanwhile, AAP has launched a strong attack against Chadha, with several party members sharing videos criticising the Punjab MP. Chadha, once considered a close aide of Kejriwal, had been raising issues of the common man in the Rajya Sabha. However, the party removed him from the deputy leader’s post, alleging that he was not raising “real issues”.

Chadha is now facing sharp criticism from party colleagues, who have accused him of being reluctant to speak against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and not standing firmly with the party’s stance.

Commenting on the upcoming Assembly elections, Ramkripal Yadav said: “Elections are taking place in five states, and the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies will form the government. In West Bengal, it is certain that a BJP-led government will come to power. People are fed up with 15 years of misrule under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, marked by corruption and poor governance. The state still lags far behind in development.”

–IANS

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