India, May 20 -- The recent exodus of a 15-strong contingent of councillors from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), to set up a new political outfit Indraprashta Vikas Party (IVP), poses a multiplicity of issues for the AAP, according to officials and stakeholders, who cited diluted party footprint on key committees and panels of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

Coming ahead of the elections to the standing committee-it controls the MCD's purse strings-and wards committees-overarching panels in 12 administrative zones-stakeholders said the new third front may affect the AAP's prospects in the South, West and Rohini zones, and also reduce its hold on other strongholds.

A senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on condition of...