Ilmi clarified that she is not joining any other party as of now.
She also disapproved of Kejriwal's “jail politics” and party's ways of holding dharnas.
“One strongly believes that instead of wasting our collective energy in the bail-jail imbroglio Arvind (Kejriwal) should have taken the bond, gone back to people, met our candidates and people there,” she said.
In a communication to AAP's Karnataka Convenor Prithvi Reddy, Gopinath said, “I would like to resign from the membership of the Aam Aadmi Party with immediate effect because of increasing differences with the party leadership and its ways.”
When contacted, Gopinath confirmed the development over phone from Toulouse in France.
Sources in AAP said a section in the party was unhappy about the way it is being run. They questioned various decisions like selection of candidates for Lok Sabha polls and “lack of communication” between the leadership and the second-rung leaders as well as the v