The humiliating defeat in MCD polls, which came after similar defeats in Goa and Punjab assembly polls, have taken heavy toll on the Aam Aadmi Party. Former party leaders like Yogendra Yadav and Mayank Gandhi criticised the party for losing track, which was followed by current leaders like Bhagwant Mann and Kapil Mishra too calling for serious analysis rather than coming up with EVM tampering excuse.
The latest to join this plan speak was senior leader Kumar Vishwas, who in an interview to a news channel echoed similar sentiments. Somehow this didn’t go well with some die-hard supporters of Arvind Kejriwal who decided to attack him and his supporters.
These supporters included a vocal and known face of AAP’s online support base named Navendu Sigh, who had earlier met Arvind Kejriwal in person. He led the attack against Vishwas calling him “Laundiabaaz”, “Kaamraaj” and “pervert”. It is interesting to note that these same supporters used to attack BJP and media when they questioned about alleged affairs of Kumar Vishwas.
चुनाव के समय प्रचार और काम से गायब रहने वाले कामराज @DrKumarVishwas हार के बाद अब हर चैनल पर एक्सक्लूसिव इंटरव्यू (ज्ञान) दे रहे है। pic.twitter.com/UqFHphyJQn
— Roop Choudhary (@RoopChoudhary_) April 28, 2017
Hahaha…This treatment laundiyabaaz Kumar Vishwas expects from Aam Aadmi Party before every election…Hahaha.. pic.twitter.com/C9xM1H0It8
— नवेन्दु (@NavenduSingh_) April 28, 2017
AAPian looking at the contribution of Kumar Vishwas in AAP. pic.twitter.com/IqMBlvtPPE
— नवेन्दु (@NavenduSingh_) April 26, 2017
कविराज के पिल्लों को लगा कि गाली गलौच करके जीत लेंगे । माँ बहण एक कर दूंगा एक एक की । सारी कविता कवि के पिछवाड़े में घुसवाऊंगा । सुधर जाओ
— नवेन्दु (@NavenduSingh_) April 27, 2017
Navendu Singh has since deactivated his account, but not before claiming that Kumar Vishwas was spreading his photoshopped pictures after he spoke against the poet-leader.
This is edited and photoshopped by @sunnybhullar23. pic.twitter.com/6s7x2Ra8pq
— नवेन्दु (@NavenduSingh_) April 28, 2017
He also tweeted that Kumar Vishwas and his team were trying to harass and scare him for speaking against the party.
.@sunnybhullar23 Kumar Vishwas’s entire team is behind me since laat 2 days. But I am not here to give up. I will keep exposing this Laundiyabaaz.
— नवेन्दु (@NavenduSingh_) April 28, 2017
A fake campaign is being run by DrKumarVishwas and his team. I never tweeted this. And also these are replies. Half Story. pic.twitter.com/3Uz928LyPn
— नवेन्दु (@NavenduSingh_) April 28, 2017
Complete fake propaganda is being run against @NavenduSingh_ by @DrKumarVishwas and his team. I fully support him.
— Kumud (@kumudlive) April 28, 2017
This mud-slinging between Kumar Vishwas supporters and Arvind Kejriwal supporters continued for hours. One supporter claimed that abuses and libelous statements like branding someone a rapist were being used in the party:
पूरा गैंग लगा दिया-एक सीधे साधे बंदे को रेपिस्ट बोला टैग कर कर के. फ़ेक अकाउंट यूज़ करके उस बंदे को गाली दी आज पारदर्शिता की बात कर रहे है
— Kumar Amit (@Ikumar7) April 28, 2017
The mess didn’t stop here. Ankit Lal, the head of social media cell of AAP threatened above supporter by tweeting pictures of shoes:
Dear @ikumar7, I hope you remember! pic.twitter.com/VQDHqFqz2s
— Ankit Lal (@AnkitLal) April 27, 2017
The worst was yet to come. Aam Aadmi Party keeps mentioning that party supporters receive death threats from rival parties. However, this time the ugly fight between party members soon escalated to FIR and death threats.
अगर इनमे से किसी की भी हत्या हुई, तो में @NavenduSingh_ भाई के ऊपर FIR करवा दूंगा @ArvindKejriwal@msisodia@DrKumarVishwas@BajpaiDeepakhttps://t.co/8GOucv36Lm
— Dinesh Kumar ?? (@DineshRedBull) April 28, 2017
The supporters of AAP are unleashing all their weapons which against each which they used against other supporters of other parties a few days back. One of the supporter of AAP has rightly pointed out that AAP is killing itself and no one else can be blamed for it.
हर चुनाव के बाद फ़टी रहती है विधायक भाग जाएंगे। अबे चिट्ठी उछाल के टिकट देते हो क्या लोगो को ?
— व्यंग्यपुराण ✍ (@VyangyaPuraan) April 28, 2017