Fissures seem to have appeared in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as one of its senior most members Illyas Azmi questioned parachute landing of Bollywood actor Javed Jaffrey in lucknow and said this candidature was a walkover for the BJP from this constituency.
“Announcing Javed Jaffrey as candidate for lucknow seat was a decision which makes the seat favourable for BJP national president Rajnath Singh,” said Illyas Azmi while talking to The Pioneer over phone.
It may be mentioned that a couple of weeks back veteran leader returned ticket and asked AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal to field him from lucknow seat.
Jaffrey originally belongs to Madhya Pradesh and do not have any lucknow connection neither political nor socially.
“As Jaffery does not have any base in lucknow, his candidature will help Rajnath in gaining the vote share due to division of votes. The party should have considered all these points before making him a candidate,” he said.
Cashing the opportunity, Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC) had been trying to convince the leader for contesting elections on council’s ticket from lucknow seat. Still Azmi had not left AAP so far.
“The council members had considered Azmi’s name for lucknow seat if he aggress we are ready to offer him ticket,” said National President RUC, Maulana Amir Rashadi.