And now, will Yadav be eased out as chief spokesperson?
1 April 2015 5:07 AM IST
Sources in AAP said the party will soon release a new list of spokespersons which will not figure Yadav’s name.
“We will soon come out with a fresh list of party spokespersons. Yadav will of course not be in the list,” a senior party leader requesting anonymity said.
The decision to remove Yadav from the post is an expected one following his removal along with Prashant Bhushan from the party’s Political Affairs Committee and National Executive.
Removal of Bhushan and Yadav from key panels is being seen as a precursor to their expulsion from the party.
Interestingly, Yadav was the only leader who had been designated as chief spokesperson when AAP constituted the panel of its spokespersons.
On Sunday, the party sacked Bhushan from the disciplinary committee and replaced him with a panel of three members known to be close to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.
AAP’s internal Lokpal Admiral (retd) L Ramdas was also shown the door for airing critical views about the party leadership. He has been replaced by a three-member Lokpal panel comprising two former IPS officers and one educationist.
Yadav, Bhushan convene meeting on Apr 14 to decide next step
Mulling their future course of action, AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, expelled from the party’s top echelon, have convened a meeting of their supporters on April 14, amid speculation that they may a float a separate political party. Yadav refused to answer any question on their next move during an interview to PTI here except to state that their supporters, volunteers and well-wishers would meet on B R Ambedkar’s birthday on April 14.
“My opinion is that the spirit of the AAP movement has to be kept alive. We must march forward. We must not allow these incidents and negativity to affect us. We should move forward. The way to move forward would be to generate energy in the country,” Yadav said without elaborating further.
Anticipating his expulsion as well as of Bhushan from AAP, Yadav said the AAP leadership would not stop before throwing him and Bhushan out of the party and both of them were ready for it. He said he will not resign on his own.
“We will soon come out with a fresh list of party spokespersons. Yadav will of course not be in the list,” a senior party leader requesting anonymity said.
The decision to remove Yadav from the post is an expected one following his removal along with Prashant Bhushan from the party’s Political Affairs Committee and National Executive.
Removal of Bhushan and Yadav from key panels is being seen as a precursor to their expulsion from the party.
Interestingly, Yadav was the only leader who had been designated as chief spokesperson when AAP constituted the panel of its spokespersons.
On Sunday, the party sacked Bhushan from the disciplinary committee and replaced him with a panel of three members known to be close to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.
AAP’s internal Lokpal Admiral (retd) L Ramdas was also shown the door for airing critical views about the party leadership. He has been replaced by a three-member Lokpal panel comprising two former IPS officers and one educationist.
Yadav, Bhushan convene meeting on Apr 14 to decide next step
Mulling their future course of action, AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, expelled from the party’s top echelon, have convened a meeting of their supporters on April 14, amid speculation that they may a float a separate political party. Yadav refused to answer any question on their next move during an interview to PTI here except to state that their supporters, volunteers and well-wishers would meet on B R Ambedkar’s birthday on April 14.
“My opinion is that the spirit of the AAP movement has to be kept alive. We must march forward. We must not allow these incidents and negativity to affect us. We should move forward. The way to move forward would be to generate energy in the country,” Yadav said without elaborating further.
Anticipating his expulsion as well as of Bhushan from AAP, Yadav said the AAP leadership would not stop before throwing him and Bhushan out of the party and both of them were ready for it. He said he will not resign on his own.
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