AAP a platform, not party: Jairam

Days after being ticked off by his party for praising the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Union Minister Jairam Ramesh Saturday said it is just a “platform” unlike structure-based Congress and suggested that there could be “anarchy” because of it. “AAP is not a party, it is a platform… Basically, AAP has been an agitation, not a party. Congress party is a party of ideology, governance, office-bearers and structure,” he said. “If you do not have a party, you will have anarchy in our country. You cannot have chaos and anarchy.”

His comments came two days after he was ticked off by his party for saying the AAP has been raising “legitimate” issues and asked the political class not to make fun of it. Asked about AAP’s role in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Ramesh said on Saturday that it was too early to comment about its national impact.