GURGAON: Aam Aadmi Party volunteers are in low spirits after the party high command's decision against contesting the Haryana state assembly election. The workers said they were deeply disappointed with the party's decision and had little motivation to work towards the goals set out by the party ahead of Lok Sabha polls in May.

"I am deeply disappointed. The party had initially said that the ground-level work would be done after the Lok Sabha polls. Then they said it would start after the results. Later, they postponed it till the state election. And now we are not even fighting the election. They should have at least initiated the work they had promised," said Ameena Shervani , AAP 's Gurgaon worker who had joined the party after it raised the issue of environment and of getting justice to the farmers who had lost their land during acquisition.

Mahinder Singh, another party worker who is also the vice-president of Haryana Kisan Manch, said it has been more than two months since he last met the Haryana unit head, Yogendra Yadav . "I am looking forward to meeting him on Friday in Gurgaon where he will speak to the volunteers," he said. He admitted that the spirit in which the party had raised some issues is subdued now as the party is not in election mode now.

Some, however, have a mixed opinion. "It is true that we are not fighting polls but it doesn't mean that we are not doing anything about the social issues we had raised. And people may say that our membership drive has subsided. That's because we have stopped inviting new members," said Gurgaon district member Abhay Jain .

Yogendra Yadav was not available for comments despite repeated attempts to reach him by TOI.

