BJP, Congress jeer AAP's 'immature politics', say it's fight for power
The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday drew flak over the infighting from other parties which asked it to put its house in order and focus on delivering on its election promises made to the people of Delhi.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took a dig at AAP saying it was becoming more like "older parties".
"To think that commentators were actually advising older political parties to be more like #AAP seems #AAP has decided to be more like us
(sic)," Abdullah said in his tweet.
The AAP's National Council on Saturday expelled Yadav and Bhushan from the party's powerful National Executive for their alleged anti-party activities.
Amid high drama, a resolution to remove the two dissident leaders was passed by around 230 of around 300 national council members present in the meeting.
After making an emotional speech, party convenor Arvind Kejriwal left the venue before the resolution to remove the two leaders was introduced by Manish Sisodia.
"It was a murder of democracy. Everything played out in accordance with a predetermined script and the resolution was moved and passed within minutes completely disregarding laid down procedures. It was a total farce," said a visibly agitated Yadav.
Yadav's supporters Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha were also removed from the national executive at the meeting.
Bhushan alleged that there was bogus voting in the meeting and Kejriwal came fully prepared to "kick us out" from the party.
"Whatever Kejriwal was heard saying in a sting yesterday was played out in the entirety in today's meeting. There was no distinction between members and others. There was no discussion, no secret vote, no showing of votes in the meeting," the eminent lawyer said
Yadav alleged the violence was pre-planned and that a number of NC members opposed to the resolution suffered injuries as they were heckled by "bouncers" and "outside goons".
The Kejriwal camp countered the allegations saying the dissident duo were "cooking up stories to get sympathy."
The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday drew flak over the infighting from other parties which asked it to put its house in order and focus on delivering on its election promises made to the people of Delhi.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took a dig at AAP saying it was becoming more like "older parties".
"To think that commentators were actually advising older political parties to be more like #AAP seems #AAP has decided to be more like us
(sic)," Abdullah said in his tweet.The AAP's National Council on Saturday expelled Yadav and Bhushan from the party's powerful National Executive for their alleged anti-party activities.
Amid high drama, a resolution to remove the two dissident leaders was passed by around 230 of around 300 national council members present in the meeting.
After making an emotional speech, party convenor Arvind Kejriwal left the venue before the resolution to remove the two leaders was introduced by Manish Sisodia.
"It was a murder of democracy. Everything played out in accordance with a predetermined script and the resolution was moved and passed within minutes completely disregarding laid down procedures. It was a total farce," said a visibly agitated Yadav.
Yadav's supporters Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha were also removed from the national executive at the meeting.
Bhushan alleged that there was bogus voting in the meeting and Kejriwal came fully prepared to "kick us out" from the party.
"Whatever Kejriwal was heard saying in a sting yesterday was played out in the entirety in today's meeting. There was no distinction between members and others. There was no discussion, no secret vote, no showing of votes in the meeting," the eminent lawyer said
Yadav alleged the violence was pre-planned and that a number of NC members opposed to the resolution suffered injuries as they were heckled by "bouncers" and "outside goons".
The Kejriwal camp countered the allegations saying the dissident duo were "cooking up stories to get sympathy."
