AAP divided over MLAs demand for hike in allowance

July 04, 2015 22:13

A day after calls by some AAP MLAs for a hike in their allowances, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party appeared divided over the matter. Sanjay Singh, a senior AAP leader and member of its Political Affairs Committee -- the party's top decision-making body -- said it was not proper to demand a hike when distressed farmers were committing suicide in the country.

Another AAP MLA, Pankaj Pushkar, who had openly sided with expelled leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, said, "An MLA's office isn't supposed to be a coffee house. It is completely inappropriate to demand a hike. Various sections of society are undergoing problems of different sorts."

On the other hand, former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti pitched for more services to be extended to the MLAs rather than monetary allowances.

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