losses in a string of elections +

put the blame squarely on Kejriwal +

In the last 2 days .... https://t.co/0quqxJtNAt — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) 1493430940000

even before last Sunday's Delhi civic polls +

NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal has been listening, hard, to all the criticism about his alleged high-handedness, and has acknowledged in an early morning tweet today that the need of the hour for him is "action and not excuses".In his tweet, the Delhi chief minister didn't once blame faulty voting machines, conspiracies, or other parties for his Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) humiliating"The reality is obvious. Yes, we made mistakes, but we will introspect and course correct...We owe that to voters and volunteers. We owe that to ourselves. Need is action and not excuses," the AAP chief wrote in the tweet he posted early this morning.After the losses in the Delhi civic polls, and the Punjab and Goa Assembly polls, political pundits and many of his party members havehimself. He's been accused of taking the electorate for granted, of shooting his mouth off when unnecessary, of losing focus and of contributing to a cult of personality that did no one any favours.In his tweet, Kejriwal, acknowledging this is no time for excuses, said AAP needs to go back to first principles."Time to go back to drawing board. To not evolve would be silly", the Delhi chief minister said.Two days ago, after the results of the Delhi civic polls vote were announced, Kejriwal and a few party members close to him blamed electronic voting machines (EVMs) for AAP's disastrous electoral performances. In fact, they had started blaming EVMs for "a possible loss""We can't blame EVMs. They aren't the main issue. The main issue is mistrust," said Kumar Vishwas , an AAP member, whom Kejriwal has described as "being family". Vishwas said AAP "needs to introspect" as "the connect with voters was missing."Another party member, an irate one, also didn't hold back. The party's MP from Punjab Bhagwant Mann told TOI it is wrong to blame the machines for AAP's defeat."Instead of finding faults with EVMs, it is time to start finding faults in the party," Mann told TOI.While some were open with their criticism, other high profile members took the blame for the electoral losses and quit from party posts.AAP's Punjab unit in-charge Sanjay Singh and organisation-building head Durgesh Pathak resigned from their respective posts. Their offers to resign come on top of the resignation on Wednesday of AAP's Delhi unit chief Dilip Pandey from his post, and of legislator Alka Lamba , who took responsibility for AAP's sorry defeat.A chagrined Kejriwal on Thursday called a meeting of all legislators at his residence. And now, two days later, he acknowledged that he indeed needs to "introspect and course-correct" to keep the turmoil-ridden party not just relevant but alive."In the last two days, I spoke to many volunteers and voters...It's time to get back to work. And even if we slip from time to time, the key is to find the reserves to hold and pull ourselves up. The people deserve nothing less. The only constant is change," Kejriwal said.He then signed off "Jai Hind".