How Rift Grew Between AAP and Kailash Gahlot
NDTV
It was the beginning of Kailash Gahlot's standoff with the current Chief Minister that suddenly came to public notice during the flag-hoisting ceremony of Independence Day.
Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot's walkout from Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party was the culmination of a rift that had its genesis in the division of portfolios held by Manish Sisodia after he was arrested in the Delhi liquor policy case. Mr Sisodia, then Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, held the maximum number of portfolios - 18 -- that not only included the flagship health and education, but also law, revenue and power, water, finance and home.
After his arrest in March last year, most of these portfolios were divided between Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi, who is now the Chief Minister of Delhi.
In December, the Law and Justice Department was taken away from Mr Gehlot and given to Atishi. People close to Mr Gahlot said it became clear then that the top leadership of the party does not have much confidence in Mr Gahlot.
