Will there soon be some key roles for AAP’s Kumar Vishwas?

After over a week’s mudslinging between Aam Aadmi Party’s Amanatullah Khan and Kumar Vishwas, the party supremo Arvind Kejriwal stripped Khan of a key role in the party.

Reason: Many political pundits feel that Kejriwal, in a move to appease Kumar, took this step while sources said that better and vital roles may follow for Kumar soon. It was also known that Kejriwal wants to refurbish the party’s top rung after its continuous debacle since the Punjab polls. The move is not unimaginable as the supremo asked Gopal Rai to head the Delhi team after Dilip Pandey’s resignation last week.

However, some sources feel that there are more than what meets the eye with Kumar being “promised” of vital roles. In the recent past, even before the MCD debacle, rumours of Kumar switching over to the Bharatiya Janata Party were doing the rounds. It may be that Kumar’s continuance with the party may prove beneficial at this juncture as the earlier faces have failed to reap dividends for the party. A few fresh faces might just give the party a much-needed edge in the future elections.

However, it might also be that Kumar’s switching over to the BJP might bring out skeletons from the AAP’s cupboards. But is the same not possible with Khan being stripped off key posts of the party? May be not. May be Khan was speculative in alleging the former of conspiring against the party which somehow fell at the right place thus creating ripples. But to prove something, one needs proofs.

Chances are also that Kumar knew something serious about the party which might have been leaked to the BJP after his switch over which was being rumoured. Whatever may be the case, Kejriwal’s showering of love for Kumar in public by calling him his “younger brother” and stripping off Khan from his key position in the party has yet again raised a dust of doubts and it is high time the party starts to better its administrative foundation.

It was also known that Kejriwal will be meeting all the 60 up legislators in person and restructure the party’s foundations by taking feedback himself. Kumar had earlier said that the party supremo was surrounded by “yes men” who were trying to shift the onus on alleged EVM tampering whilst the real fault lied in them.

Whatever may be the case, the party should really pull up its socks first in Delhi and then think of any other state. Only the slow but steady wins the race.

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