The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on August 10 said a "rebellion" seems to be brewing in Uttar Pradesh against the BJP's top leadership after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced free bus rides to women above 60 years. The AAP said the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister is adopting the “Kejriwal model” despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's opposition to freebies.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Adityanath announced in a tweet in Hindi, “Very soon in Uttar Pradesh, we are going to make arrangements for mothers and sisters above 60 years of age to avail free rides in government buses.” Reacting to Mr. Adityanath's tweet, AAP national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said on the microblogging site, “After Bihar, there seems to be a rebellion against Modi ji in UP.” AAP’s political affairs committee member Atishi also took a swipe at the prime minister as she tweeted, “So Modi opposes freebies and Yogi proposes freebies.” “Battle lines are drawn within the BJP,” Atishi, who is an MLA from Delhi’s Kalkaji, added.
