Kabhi haan, kabhi naa: Bedi's campaign aide Narendra Tandon withdraws resignation

Hours after sparking controversy by resigning from his post as campaign aide to BJP’s Delhi chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi, Narendra Tandon withdrew his resignation and said that he would continue to work for the party in the coming days. “I made an emotional decision… I will continue to work for the BJP,” Tandon told reporters in a brief statement after saying that he was withdrawing his resignation. [caption id=“attachment_2075495” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  PTI image[/caption] Reports said that Tandon could also apologise for the resignation letter he wrote to BJP president Amit Shah earlier in the day, in which he had accused the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate of being dictatorial. The Delhi BJP had hit back over the resignation, saying that Tandon was only one of many campaign managers for Bedi, and that he resigned from the party three times in the past as well. It seems Tandon’s resignation and withdrawal created utter confusion within the BJP as Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay earlier said that the party had accepted his resignation.

Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay on accepting resignation of Kiran Bedi's campaign aide Narendra Tandon https://t.co/RIcpyuJj6o

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Upadhyay made this statement after Tandon withdrew his resignation, according to ANI. He even said, “Whatever comments I made during my press conference, I stand by them.” However, after finding out that Tandon had withdrawn his resignation, Upadhyay said, “I just got to know from the party that Narendra Tandon visited the central party office and took back his resignation.” “He (Tandon) will continue to work for the BJP,” Upadhyay clarified. Earlier in the day, Narendra Tandon, after putting in his papers, had told CNN-IBN, “I have resigned today. I was fed up with the dictatorial attitude of Kiran Bedi and her staff. I tried many times to convey this to the top leadership but nothing has been done.” The resignation was seen as a fresh blow to the BJP, which some opinion polls had shown to be lagging behind Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi. It also couldn’t have come at a worse time for the BJP, given the AAP had slammed it over its advertisement on Arvind Kejriwal, which it claimed was insulting of the Agarwal sub-caste. The BJP had countered by threatening to take the AAP to the Election Commission for violating the model code of conduct by giving a casteist spin to a political advertisement.