Kejriwal plays down differences with Vishwas over EVMs

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sought to quell speculation of a rift between him and Kumar Vishwas, days after the senior party leader differed with him over EVM tampering as the reason behind AAP’s recent poll defeats.

Party chief Kejriwal also warned party leaders against trying to create a divide between him and his “younger brother” Vishwas, after AAP’s Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan alleged earlier that Vishwas was trying to “usurp” the AAP and that he harbours ambitions of leading the party.

On Friday, contrary to the party line that EVM rigging was behind AAP’s loss in the Punjab assembly and MCD polls, Vishwas had pointed to reasons other than alleged tampering of electronic voting machines and said there is a communication gap between the top brass and volunteers. He also said AAP was getting “Congressised” to an extent.