New Delhi:The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) National Council on Saturday removed senior leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from the National Executive. AAP leader and activist Medha Patkar has resigned from primary membership of Aam Aadmi Party. Condemn what happened to Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan. They were treated unfairly,” she said.
AAP’s internal dispute exploded on Saturday, when the month long feud between AAP’s founding members Arvind Kejriwal, Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan took an ugly turn. Amid huge cry, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav were expelled from the party for raising their concerns against party chief Kejriwal.
Terming as “unconstitutional and illegal” AAP’s National Council meeting where they were ousted from a key panel, dissidents Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan today did not rule out taking legal recourse against their removal.
Attacking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his “dictatorial” tendencies and for “ruthlessly stifling” voices of dissent, Bhushan told reporters after the meeting that all options were open to them to challenge the decision. “It is true that we can move the court, Election Commission or call another meeting of the NC. All options are open,” he said.
Amid chaos and high drama, a resolution to remove the two dissident leaders along with their supporters Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha from the powerful panel was passed at the National Council with 247 members supporting it. The duo had slammed the decision as “murder of democracy”.
Yadav and Bhushan have claimed that the entire meeting was staged and bouncers were used to quash any dissent to faciliate the removal. They brought up the issue of the denial of entry to the Lokpal Admiral Ramdas. They also said that they may legitimate National Council members were not allowed entry in the meeting while goons brought in as AAP members.
Bureau Report
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