Panaji, February 10 A leader of the Aam Aadmi Party's youth wing resigned on Tuesday, alleging that decisions in Goa were being dictated by party leaders in Delhi.
This development comes a month after a group of senior AAP leaders in Goa, including its former state unit president Amit Palekar, acting chief Shrikrishna Parab, and three other office-bearers, resigned from the party after it performed poorly in the Zilla Panchayat elections in the coastal state.
AAP youth wing's national vice president Siddhesh Bhagat, hailing from the Navelim Assembly constituency in South Goa, told reporters here on Tuesday that he has tendered his resignation to the party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Goa in-charge Atishi.
"There is no priority given to Goans within the party. The leaders who arrive from Delhi call the shots in the state, and I can no longer tolerate it," he claimed.
The party is continuing to operate with the same faces in the coastal state, while refusing to listen to the aspirations of the local leaders, Bhagat charged.
"If I do not agree with something within the party, then I cannot express myself. Now that I have tendered my resignation, I am free to speak out. I am not bound by their protocols," he added.