Disillusioned AAP founder member Madhu Bhaduri quits party, says it doesn't consider women as human beings

NEW DELHI: Former diplomat and AAP's founding member Madhu Bhaduri today "distanced" herself from the party alleging that she was heckled at a meeting for introducing a resolution condemning Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti's role in a midnight raid, even as the outfit rubbished the charges.

"I have distance myself from the party. I am not with the party anymore," Bhaduri said in a response to a question whether she has quit AAP.

"There is no question of quitting because I don't hold any post in the party. I am neither a national executive member nor a political affairs committee member," she added.

Bhaduri, a member of the party panel to chalk its foreign policy, had alleged she was heckled at Friday's National Council meeting here when she tried to pass a resolution condemning Bharti's midnight raid in the Khirki extension.

"I had given a formal request to the party on January 23 for a resolution. Navy Chief Admiral (retd) Ramdas was also aware of it. On the day of the meeting, when the session was going on, I again went to Ramdas, who was speaking at that time and told him that I also wanted to speak. I had hardly started speaking and introduced a resolution when I was heckled," Bhaduri claimed.

"I'm not angry, but disappointed and disillusioned with the party. I am not concerned with whether Bharti would be removed or not, my only concern is humanity and that women are also human being... This party does not considered them as human beings," she said.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has, however, rubbished the allegations that she was heckled.