dna has accessed the scathing letter by Prashant Bhushan to AAP's PAC. In the letter Bhushan has raised concerns over major issues that question the core founding principles of Aam Aadmi Party. The following is a quick read of the pointers made by Bhushan in the letter.

Transparency and accountability:

"We had claimed that parties should come under RTI and we berated the BJP and the Congress for flouting the Information commission directive to them to come under RTI. We said that we would put out all our accounts on a public website. But far from bringing the party under RTI, we have not even put our accounts on a website- we have put out our donations, but not expenses... We also need to reconstitute the PAC to have better regional and gender balance"

Inner party democracy and Swaraj:

"Swaraj means allowing decentralized decision making...Arvind announced that the party should not contest elections in other States for the next 5 years. Though that may be his view, but it would naturally be taken to be the view of the party. Does this not violate the principles of Swaraj?"

Policies of the Party:

"Our 30 expert committees.. had given their reports more than 18 months ago, but during all this time we have not been able to formalize them, because some of us did not have the time or the inclination for policies. For a National Party that we claim to be, it is essential that we have a view on important issues of policy in the country."

Funds of the party:

"The party now receives considerable donations. We do not have any empowered committee or decision making system of deciding how the funds are to be spent with the result that such decisions are being made in an arbitrary manner by a few people who are not authorized by the National Executive to take such decisions."

Unethical means and practices:

"When AVAM was created by some volunteers who felt that the party was not listening to the voice of volunteers, an SMS sent by someone in the name of AAVAAM was sent suggesting that the volunteers should leave the party and join the BJP. These SMSes were then used to expel Karan Singh from the party. His pleas to investigate who sent the SMSes went unheeded by the party. Eventually, the police investigation on his FIR revealed that the SMSes was sent by our volunteer Deepak Chowdhary who had nothing to do with AVAM. Yet, even after knowing this no action was taken against him."

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