New Delhi: A truce was reached between the warring factions of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)on Wednesday but the "terms of agreement" look tobe too fragile to make it last long. Emerging from the meeting Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that by suspending Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan, whose public attack on party leader Kumar Vishwas had precipitated the crisis, and appointing Vishwas in-charge of Rajasthan, peace had returned. The MLA had earlier asked to resign from AAP's political affairs committee to placate Vishwas.

Khan though accepted the party's decision but stood by the charges he had levelled against Vishwas. "I am with the party and will always be with the party," he said but added that he was clearly standing by his allegations for now and was in no mood to apologise. How far will the 'enquiry' be taken is also a matter of speculation. Khan has indicated that it was not necessary for him to appear before the inquiry.

Sisodia announced that party functionary Pankaj Gupta will head the inquiry committee and Atishi Marlena and Ashutosh will be members. "Till the inquiry concludes, Khan has been suspended from the party." The triumvirate of Gupta, Marlena and Ashutosh are not known to be with Vishwas on most of thge issues in the party.

Though Vishwas has now been "entrusted with charge of Rajasthan," observers say that what brought truce was a cloak and dagger story. "Somebody who aspired for convenorship of the party cannot be mollified with an inconsequential position," said somebody close to a faction of AAP leadership. Arm twisting of Vishwas to accept the truce has also not been ruled out.

"I thank MLAs and ministers and all others for standing united with the party, for standing with us in this phase. I assure you on behalf of the party that whenever course correction is required, we will sit together agreeing and disagreeing with each other," Vishwas said emerging after smoking the peace pipe. He added that "nobody should have any illusion, whether inside or outside the party that this entire thing was for a position. I had said yesterday that I don't want to become CM, deputy CM or party convener."

"Some discussions, which should have happened within the party earlier, are happening now. The process has started and I am thankful for that," said Vishwas. "I assure all volunteers and people who stood by me in this fight that the fight that started from Jantar Mantar for a bigger goal will continue undeterred and there will be no obstruction in that path."