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WATCH VIDEO: Kejriwal lashes out at Yadav, Bhushan in National Council meeting Delhi CM and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal arrives to attend the party's national executive at Kapashera in New Delhi on Saturday. (Source: PTI) By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: March 29, 2015 2:35 pm The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday morning released a video of the National Council meeting that happened amid chaos at a resort in Kapashera on Saturday. The party, which had convened a meeting to decide the fate of founder-members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, had expelled the leaders amid scenes of strife from the party national executive for "anti-party activities". The video which was released was posted on micro-blogging site Twitter: [Video] At the council meeting, Kejriwal was said to have again offered his resignation as party convenor. Bitter and emotional, he told members that "two teams of the party were at work during the Delhi election, one trying to ensure an AAP victory and the otherworking against it". He asked members to "choose". The Kejriwal camp, which enjoys the support of most MLAs, also rejected the charge of hooliganism at the meeting. It hit back at Yadav and Bhushan, saying the Delhi unit of AAP could send a complaint to the disciplinary committee and seek expulsion of the four leaders from the party. First Published on: March 29, 201512:24 pm II/III. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/AAP-crisis-How-Kejriwal-stumped-his-rivals-at-national-council-meeting/articleshow/46730998.cms AAP crisis: How Kejriwal stumped his rivals at national council meeting Himanshi Dhawan & Neha Lalchandani,TNN | Mar 29, 2015, 10.43 AM IST NEW DELHI: In a deft move that stumped his rivals, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal delivered a speech at the national council meeting that set the tone for explusion of Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav. He asked the members to choose between him and the duo. The message--and the outcome--was never in any doubt after that. Sources said Kejriwal accused the two of working for the party's defeat, stopping people from donating funds to it and threatening to discredit and tarnish the party's image. He is reported to have accused Bhushan and Yadav of backstabbing him. "Meri peeth mein chura bhonka in logon ne," he said, contrasting this with what he described as his blind faith in Bhushan by recalling the time when he had ended up in prison. As it happened: AAP's national council meet "In May, soon after the Lok Sabha elections, I was appearing in court for a defamation case. When the court asked me to furnish a bond, I looked at Prashant who silently shook his head. Without giving a second's thought to the repercussions, I refused to pay the bond. This is the kind of faith I had in him," he said in an emotional outburst. The AAP chief spent 15 days in prison and was able to get out only after he had paid the bail bond. He added that some people worked to win while others worked to lose, and only those who are for winning should side with him. "Kuch haar ki rajneeti karte hain, kuch jeet ki. Jo jeet ki rajneeti karna chahte hain, woh hamare saath rahe," he reportedly said. AAP leader Ashutosh meets Yogendra Yadav before AAP national executive meeting at Kapashera in New Delhi on Saturday. (TOI photo by Piyal Bhattacharjee) III. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/aap-removes-bhushan-from-national-disciplinary-committee/article7045510.ece Updated: March 29, 2015 16:15 IST AAP removes Bhushan from National Disciplinary Committee PTI AAP leader Prashant Bhushan. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday removed party's internal Lokpal Admiral L. Ramdas and Prashant Bhushan as the chief of National Disciplinary Committee, a day after the latter and senior leader Yogendra Yadav were expelled from the National Executive (NE). At an "emergency" NE meeting in Delhi, the party removed former Navy chief Ramdas from the internal Lokpal and set up a new Lokpal panel, comprising former IPS officers N. Dilip Kumar and Rakesh Sinha and educationist S.P. Verma. "All these people have given their consent to be part of the party's Lokpal panel," party's national secretary Pankaj Gupta said. The AAP National Executive, while sacking Mr. Bhushan from the disciplinary committee, decided to replace him by a three-member panel headed by Dinesh Waghela. The other members are Arvind Kejriwal loyalist Ashish Khetan and national secretary Pankaj Gupta. The removal of Mr. Ramdas came a day after he was sent an SMS asking him not to attend the National Council meeting to avoid "confrontation". Miffed over the snub, he then wrote a letter to the Political Affairs Committee criticising the leadership. Mr. Ramdas said he had come from his village in Maharashtra to attend the meet. However, he said he would not attend the meet to "honour" the party's request. The AAP body also announced a committee that will take care of the April 22 agitation against the Land Acquisition Bill, when the party plans to gherao Parliament on the issue. This committee comprises Ilyas Azmi, Prem Singh Pahadi, Yogesh Dahiya, Somendra Dhaka, Gurnam Singh and Kiran Vissa, which would decide on the details of the agitation programme. The party has also formed a committee under the leadership of senior leader Sanjay Singh to look into expansion of the organisation in other States. 04 March, 2015 Party's founder members Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav are voted out of its political affairs committee. 06 March, 2015 Senior party leader Mayank Gandhi protests ouster of Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan. 08 March, 2015 Yadav asks AAP workers to put an end to infighting. 11 March, 2015 Senior AAP leader from Mumbai Anjali Damania resigns from the party after allegations of "horse trading" surface against Mr. Kejriwal. 16 March, 2016 Senior leaders from the Kejriwal camp meet Mr. Yadav and hold discussions. 26 March, 2015 AAP 'unity' talks fail -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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