NEW DELHI: The sting implicating AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal as reportedly horse-trading to form government in Delhi may have proved as one of the significant sticking points in the negotiations between dissident members Prashant Bhushan-Yogendra Yadav and the Kejriwal camp.

One of the five conditions laid down by Yadav-Bhushan-- towards ensuring transparency and accountability within the party—was that the sting that purportedly exposed Kejriwal's conversation with former AAP legislator Rajesh Garg should be probed by the party's internal Lokpal along with an investigation into the allegations of Delhi law minister Jitender Tomar's fake degree. In the letter Yadav-Bhushan said, "We were told all probes are possible but we must not even think about raising any "sensitive'' issues that implicates the top leadership'' indicating the Kejriwal camp's unwillingness for a probe.

The open letter by Bhushan-Yadav to Kejriwal says that none of their demands were effectively met though appearances were made of negotiations.

The duo also demanded that state units be given autonomy. "We were told that state organization could take routine organizational and programmatic decisions, but any decision to contest elections, even at the level of panchayat or municipality, will be taken in Delhi and that too in the PAC. The latest decision to depute (Kumar Vishwas) Kumar bhai to assess whether the party should contest municipal elections in Maharashtra confirms our suspicions,'' the letter said.

Bhushan-Yadav had also sought a system to ensure volunteers voice would be part of the decision making process but their proposal to allow a vote on major decisions was turned down.

"We had asked for the party to fulfill its promise of voluntarily agreeing to be covered by RTI. We were told that several disclosures are possible but formal acceptance of RTI as per the CIC ruling is not practical,'' they added.

According to the letter the Kejriwal camp had demanded that party's office bearers must declare their assets as per the EC's affidavit, disclose their IT returns to the party and that the principle of one-family-one-post be extended to special invitees which was accepted.