Yadav, Bhushan removed from disciplinary committee as they were 'violent': AAP

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai on Sunday said that Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav were removed from the party's national disciplinary committee as they were too 'violent'.

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"We have decided to form a National Disciplinary Committee and revive the Lokpal Committee. They (Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav) were removed because they were violent," he said.

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Earlier in the day, the AAP decided to form a new Lokpal Committee and a National Disciplinary Committee to oversee the party's affairs.

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Briefing the media about the decisions taken in today's national executive, party leader Pankaj Gupta said that a new Lokpal Committee would be made constituting of three members.

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"The three members are N Dilip Kumar (former IPS), Rakesh Sinha (former DIG) and Dr. S.P Verma (Educationist). We have talked with them and they agreed to talk the responsibility," he said.

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"We have also formed a National Disciplinary Committee constituting three members. The chairman will be Dinesh Waghela, and Asish Khetan and Pankaj Gupta will be its members," he added.

Earlier on Saturday, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav were ousted from the party's national executive.

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Out of the 311 national executive members present in yesterday's national council meeting, an overwhelming 247 members voted against Bhushan and Yadav while just 8 votes were cast in their favour.

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The party also removed Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha from the national executive.

Talking to the media later, Yadav slammed the national council meeting as a farce and said that democracy has been murdered.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh, however, later said the reports of scuffle during the meeting are completely baseless and untrue.

The party's internal rift had widened after Yadav and Bhushan were accused of working for party's defeat during the Delhi Assembly polls last month.