India, May 17 -- In a major shake-up within Delhi's civic politics, 13 councillors of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tendered their resignations on Saturday, announcing the formation of a new political outfit-Indraprastha Vikas Party. Citing internal dysfunction and halted development work in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the rebel leaders accused AAP of neglecting governance in favor of infighting.

The new party will be helmed by senior councillor Mukesh Goyal, who squarely blamed the AAP leadership for sidelining elected representatives. "In the last two and a half years since our election, zero development work has been executed. We raised our concerns repeatedly, but the leadership was too caught up in blame games," Goyal told...