The AAP, however, claimed that Bhushan's remarks showed there was "inner
democracy" in the party and said the views expressed by him were
"personal".
Bhushan, a senior Supreme Court lawyer, also said
that if Bedi becomes the Chief Minister, Anna Hazare would be very happy
and termed her role in the Hazare-led anti-corruption movement as
"influential".
"Kiran Bedi's joining BJP is a masterstroke of BJP. I feel to bring her
into the party and making her the CM nominee was a masterstroke
because Bedi in Anna's movement was with (Arvind) Kejriwal and Prashant
(Bhushan) and her contribution there was influential as a crusader of
corruption," Bhushan said.
Asked about his remarks, Kiran Bedi simply thanked Bhushan and refused to comment further.
Bhushan
also called for a "reorientation" within AAP saying all was not well in
the party and it was not being run following its founding principles.
"Reorientation
within AAP is very much needed. Their stress must be on reforming
political system, improving political standards. I think everything is
not right in the party and it is not being run on lines it was expected
to run or what it was established for," he said.
