AAP Minister Kailash Gahlot Resignation: In a major setback for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Delhi, Home and Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot Sunday resigned from the primary membership of the party and the council of ministers. “Political ambitions have overtaken our commitment towards people, leaving many promises unfulfilled,” Gahlot said while announcing his resignation.

With this, four MLAs, including two ministers, have resigned from the AAP — Rajendra Pal Gautam, who joined the Congress in September, Patel Nagar and Chattarpur MLAs Raaj Kumar Anand and Kartar Singh Tanwar, who joined the BJP during the Lok Sabha polls.

Gahlot, a two-time MLA from Najafgarh, announced his resignation on X (formerly Twitter). In a letter addressed to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Gahlot said that the party has moved from fighting for people’s rights to fighting for its own political agenda.

He started off by thanking Kejriwal for the opportunity to serve the people of the Capital. “Let me start with sincerely thanking you for having given me the honour of serving and and representing the people of Delhi as an MLA and a Minister. However, at the same time I also want to share with you that today the Aam Aadmi Party faces grave challenges.”