Aam Aadmi Party losing steam?

The party's remarkable performance at the Delhi Assembly polls and the consecutive appointment of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi's chief minister was more like a movie script, but now the way things are moving, it seems like a bad script for the forthcoming parliament polls.

AAP founding member Madhu Bhaduri quit on February 2, 2013, saying humanity does not exist in the AAP and it is heading towards a dangerous direction.

Madhu is not happy with the way party supported Law Minister Somnath Bharti, who had conducted a raid on foreign nationals alleging drug racket and prostitution. She wanted an apology to the women, who were insulted.

Not long ago, unlike of a chief minister, Kejriwal staged a 30-hour sit-in in the national capital, violating the Sec 144 of CrPC. Reason: He wanted action against the Delhi police for dereliction of duty.

Kejriwal's one demand had many repercussions on Delhi public, who had to bear with traffic snarls and sudden shutting of four Metro stations. will people forgive him for the inconvenience?

If it wasn't enough to hold the dharna days before the Republic day, Kejriwal drew wrath for his remarks that the most revered Republic Day celebrations were only about processions.

What has further worsened the matters for AAP is the language used by AAP ministers. Law minister Somnath Bharti is facing action from women groups for his remarks against foreigners.

Bharti, who conducted a midnight raid against Nigerians and Ugandans in New Delhi, said: "If they dance naked, sell drugs and run sex rackets, then there won’t be anyone worse than us. These people will have to leave.

As it is India, labelled as the rape capital, is considered unsafe by foreigners. Bharti's incident is sure to downgrade India further in the minds of foreigners. Is that how aam aadmi wants it?

AAP's Kumar Vishwas, touted to be pitted against AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, apologised days after protests against him for his statement (made in 2007) describing Kerala nurses as Kali Peeli (dark skinned).

Vishwas had said: “Hospitals had earlier dark-skinned nurses (from Kerala) and one would be forced to call them sister. Whereas now, hospitals have good-looking nurses from North India. When they enter the hospital after applying perfume, even those who are not sick would think about getting admitted in hospital.”

Cracks in AAP began showing up with Vinod Kumar Binny accusing his party founder of being a liar and accusing him oc conniving with the Congress, and not fulfilling the promises made to people.

"There is a lot of difference in what the party had promised to do and how it is functioning now. Why is Kejriwal soft on Congress now and why are there no cases against ministers in Sheila Dikshit's government? He is desperate to stay in power. AAP is becoming like Congress and BJP," Binny said.

Another AAP leader, Tina Sharma, turned her guns on AAP over the alleged non-fulfilment of the promises made by the party in its 2013 manifesto, saying it had ignored the issue of women's security.

Exposing the party, she said: "The party has already finalised five names for Lok Sabha tickets, she revealed, adding: "Five names, including Shazia Ilmi, Gopal Rai and Ashutosh, are already final for Lok Sabha then why the formality of asking people to fill form?"

Another biggest problem with AAP is each of its leaders has own opinions. Captain Gopinath, a pioneer of a low-cost airline business, criticised the decision of the AAP government in Delhi to reject FDI in retail and termed it "a bit bizarre".

"We have Indian corporate who are allowed retail outlets, so why not foreign retailers? It is a bit bizarre. I feel the party should step back on this as no decision should be taken in haste," said Gopinath.