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AAP rebels dump Kejriwal, proclaim autonomy in Punjab unit

With rebels chafing at Kejriwal’s “dictatorial ways”, the party looks headed for a split in the state.

From a fledgling party that took the Punjabi hinterland by storm, winning four Lok Sabha seats in 2014, the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab has been reduced to a deeply divided political entity. That, in a state where AAP had started out with much promise, perhaps even more than its 2013 debut in Delhi.

On August 2, seven of AAP's 20 MLAs hosted a convention of volunteers at Bathinda, in

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