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Yogendra Yadav valued colleague: Kejriwal

Kejriwal tries to put his house in order

Written by : TNM

The News Minute | June 7, 2014 | 5.05 pm ISTNew Delhi: It was a busy day for Arvind Kejriwal and his party as they tried to sort of internal differences which became public when some internal letters became public. On Saturday, Kejriwal reportedly personally reached out Shazia Ilmi, who quit recently and publicly by calling a press conference and leveling charges about the internal working of the party. However, Ilmi was not reachable. This move comes even as the party is trying to sort internal differences which came out in the open when letters' written by senior party leader Yogendra Yadav's letters to Manish Sisodia become public.In his letters, Yadav said that he AAP was formed on the principles of democracy and that people had high expectations of it. He also suggested several changes that the party must make if it can become a force that people can rely on. Yadav also said that despite having very good people with the vision to formulate good policies on social and economic issues, the party itself lacked any coherent policy on several issues. He said that the stand taken by Kejriwal often became the policy of the party.Despite these criticisms that are now in the public domain, Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday described Yogendra Yadav, who had said that the party has "fallen prey to personality cult", as a "valued colleague".The remark came after the discord between top party leaders came out in the open following the leak of the letters exchanged between Manish Sisodia and Yadav. "Yogendra Yadav has raised some important issues. All of us will work on it," Kejriwal tweeted after meeting Yadav on the sidelines of the party's national executive here. "Yogendra Yadav is a very dear friend and a very valued colleague. Had long discussion with him...," he added.Sisodia had accused Yadav of sabotaging the party, while the psephologist opined that the AAP was moving in the opposite direction. The Aam Aadmi Party convener also said they will convince Shazia Ilmi, who left the party last month, to join back. "We will also try to get Shazia back," he tweeted.With inputs from IANS