Disgruntled by the churn within the AAP, the UK-based donor of the now-famous blue Wagon-R asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to return it to him on Tuesday. Now, Sunil Lal, an AAP party member says that the party should stop using the AAP logo which he claims to have designed.
Lal, a Lucknow-based advertising professional says he is quitting the party and wants to take his intellectual property with him.
The party has lost its way and the spirit of volunteerism and democracy has been quashed. I am very upset about the way senior party leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav were kicked out from the AAP. It was never a one-man party, but an association of volunteers aspiring for change.
– Sunil Lal
Letter to Kejriwal
In a complaint to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Lal wrote, “the party should stop using the AAP logo designed by me as I have not transferred the proprietary rights of the design.” He adds that the logo “should not be used on any type of branding, stationary, website, badges, flags, poster, handbill and backdrops.”
I have the copyright over the logo and out of goodwill towards the party, I had given it to them. There was legally no transfer of rights so I am within my legal rights to ask them to stop using it.
– Sunil Lal
AAP’s reaction
The Aam Aadmi Party has dismissed his claims. AAP Spokesperson Deepak Bajpait told The Quint that the party will not stop using the party logo.
This is just an attempt to get some air-time on TV and there is no legitimate claim to it. The logo is the party’s possession and it wouldn’t be changed under any circumstance. We will not engage into any debate with Mr Lal, frankly because the party has better things to do towards developing Delhi as compared to entertain such people.
– Deepak Bajpai
Here is the final page of the letter that Lal wrote to Arvind Kejriwal. To read the full letter, click here.