New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has lately made more headlines for an ugly war within, plans to draw public attention back to his government with "Jan Sabhas" or public meetings.
Mr Kejriwal plans to hold the first such meeting on the weekend. On Saturday, a Jan Sabha will be held in Mundka in north Delhi, where the Chief Minister wants to talk about his government's policies for farmers, and on Sunday, he will discuss unauthorized colonies, at Badli.
Later this month, the Chief Minister plans to hold a protest march against a central proposal to make land acquisition easier for industrial and key infrastructure projects.
Sources are describing these meetings and protests as an attempt at tearing away people's focus from the unprecedented turbulence within AAP, with founder members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan all but thrown out of the party for challenging Mr Kejriwal.
The party last organized these public outreach events for the February Delhi election, which saw the party winning by a landslide.
But weeks later, the euphoria gave way to open sparring between rival camps within the party.
Sources say the party has been worried about negative perception because of the fighting, which has seen rebel leaders accusing Mr Kejriwal and his loyalists of straying from AAP's founding principles of democracy and transparency.
On Sunday, as the AAP government crossed the 49-day mark - that's the duration of its last stint in power - Mr Kejriwal re-launched an anti-corruption helpline number to help people report harassment for bribes or other complaints.