Clamour grows in AAP for Yadav, Bhushans’ ouster

New Delhi: Amidst the raging public spat among its leadership, a section of AAP MLAs has demanded that the father-son duo of Shanti and Prashant Bhushan be expelled along with Yogendra Yadav from its ranks for anti-party activities.
Calling for exemplary action against those found to be involved in breaking party discipline, AAP MLA Kapil Mishra has started a signature campaign among the party’s legislators seeking the ouster of the three beleaguered leaders. Mishra, the MLA from Karawal Nagar, claimed that more than 55 AAP MLAs have so far signed the petition.
“I will give this petition, with the support of our MLAs, to Arvind (Kejriwal) ji once he comes back. I have spoken to all our MLAs and they have agreed to sign the petition,” said Mishra. Kejriwal, the AAP chief, is in Bangalore for naturopathy treatment. AAP MLAs Naresh Yadav (Mehrauli), Adarsh Shastri (Dwarka), Praveen Kumar (Jangpura), Surinder Singh (Delhi Cantt) and former minister Girish Soni (Madipur), among others, met on Wednesday to sign the petition.
However, there are a few MLAs who have still not signed the letter, among them Col Devendra Sehrawat, the Bijwasan MLA, and Timarpur MLA Pankaj Pushkar. “Why should a person be punished twice for the same crime.
They have already been removed from the (AAP) Political Affairs Committee and this is against the law of natural justice,” said Sehrawat, adding that the party has not issued any kind of whip or order on signing the petition. (PTI)