On Thursday evening, the AAP first flashed that the resignation of Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from the National Executive (NE) has been accepted. The statement was accompanied with an announcement that the National Council will decide on Saturday whether or not to remove Arvind Kejriwal from the post of national Convenor. The announcement was made by party spokesman Ashish Khetan.
Lashing out at Kejriwal, senior AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said: “Kejriwal didn’t like me standing up against him. We were threatened and forced to resign. Negotiation was not about issues, but they are just asking us to resign.”
Later, Yogendra Yadav issued a statement denying that they (he and Bhushan) have resigned and asked the party to produce their resignations. He tweeted, “I hear funny news about the PAC accepting our resignation. Will my colleagues please produce a copy of the resignation letter?” He further tweeted, “What is being passed off as ‘resignation letter’ is a note for internal negotiations. We said we will resign if five conditions were met.”
“The statements made by Yadav are absolute true,” said Bhushan. ?Yadav and Bhushan will meet their supporters on Friday to decide their future course of action. In a late night press conference, Yadav said: “It’s very sad and painful that senior leaders of my party have resorted to ‘falsehood’. They have all the rights to bring a motion to expel us but false statements would shake the confidence of people they had entrusted in our party.”
The party said Yadav and Bhushan had offered their respective resignations on March 17, on five conditions. “AAP accepted all their demands but they did not resign,” said Khetan.
Lashing out at Kejriwal, senior AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said: “Kejriwal didn’t like me standing up against him. We were threatened and forced to resign. Negotiation was not about issues, but they are just asking us to resign.”
Later, Yogendra Yadav issued a statement denying that they (he and Bhushan) have resigned and asked the party to produce their resignations. He tweeted, “I hear funny news about the PAC accepting our resignation. Will my colleagues please produce a copy of the resignation letter?” He further tweeted, “What is being passed off as ‘resignation letter’ is a note for internal negotiations. We said we will resign if five conditions were met.”
“The statements made by Yadav are absolute true,” said Bhushan. ?Yadav and Bhushan will meet their supporters on Friday to decide their future course of action. In a late night press conference, Yadav said: “It’s very sad and painful that senior leaders of my party have resorted to ‘falsehood’. They have all the rights to bring a motion to expel us but false statements would shake the confidence of people they had entrusted in our party.”
The party said Yadav and Bhushan had offered their respective resignations on March 17, on five conditions. “AAP accepted all their demands but they did not resign,” said Khetan.