Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with AAP leaders. (Express Photo by Gurmeet singh/File) Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with AAP leaders. (Express Photo by Gurmeet singh/File)

AAP volunteers across the state staged a protest against senior party leaders on Saturday alleging that several tainted people have been given tickets after charging hefty amounts from them.

Over 100 volunteers gathered at Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall in Jalandhar alleging that the leaders in Delhi have not scrutinised the backgrounds of several aspirants and provided tickets in lieu of hefty amounts. “What difference can such leaders can bring to the poor in state when they themselves have purchased the tickets,” they said. These volunteers who want to work under suspended AAP MP from Patiala Dr Dharmveer Gandhi stated that all those who had raised the party in the state may leave it soon as their opinions were not considered at the time of providing tickets. Around four dozen candidates are tainted who got the tickets, they alleged.

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“Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal is encircled by the sycophants who hardly cares about small leaders like them,” they said.

One AAP volunteer, Bibder Singh, from Budladda alleged that leader Durgesh Pathak had promised him a lot and that he worked hard to raise the party even after being an illiterate. I even sold my buffalos. He further allegedly that in their area, ticket was being sold for Rs 60 lakhs.

AAP in-charge from Nawanshahr Manjeet Singh said that they will start four corners protest march in Punjab soon against the senior party leadership. He said that earlier they had given an ultimatum to the party leadership to listen to their demands which went in vain.

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