Patna, July 7: Months after the expulsion of co-founders Yogender Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, another rebel group has walked away from the Aam Aadmi Party. Key leaders of the Bihar unit of AAP have broke away and formed Aam Aadmi United (AAU), a new political front set to contest from all the 243 seats in the upcoming Bihar elections. Also Read - Farm Bills 2020: Haryana Home Minister Hits Out at Kejriwal, Asks Him What Provisions of Bills Benefit Corporates

Citing lack of internal democracy, no autonomy in decision making and deviation from the core principles, the Bihar convenor of AAP, Basant Choudhary along with the district committee leaders have decided to float a new political outfit. In the state executive meeting of AAP held on Sunday, Choudary announced his departure from AAP. Also Read - COVID-19: Centre Should've Admitted That There is Community Spread in Delhi, Says Satyendra Jain

“In taking this call, we were guided by grave departures from professed principles of AAP and by unethical practices that have overtaken the party,” said Chaudhary, who has been made convenor of the newly formed AAU. “A political alternative to the worn out politics of (RJD leader) Lalu Prasad, JD (U)’s Nitish Kumar and (PM) Narendra Modi (of the BJP) is the objective of the newly formed party,” he added. (READ: Arvind Kejriwal vs Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan: Here is how Swaraj Samwad damaged Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Also Read - Coronavirus Tests in Delhi Highest in The World, 3057 Tests Conducted Per Million; Says Arvind Kejriwal

On being asked the reason for not joining Yogender Yadav’s Swaraj Abhiyan, Choudhary replied, “Swaraj Abhiyan founder Yogender Yadav was equally uninterested in taking the risk of fighting Bihar elections as AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal. This prompted the local leadership to float a new party altogether”.

In 2014 general elections AAP contested in 39 out of 40 seats in Bihar. Losing deposits in all the 39 seats, the party secured less than 1 per cent of the vote share in Bihar. In the prevailing circumstances, the chances of AAU achieving any notable success is bleak.