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NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal asked delegates at the party's National Council meeting on Saturday to choose between him and dissident founder members Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav. Moments later, the two leaders were voted out of the party's National Executive - the voting figures were 247 to eight, as the party later said.
Accusing Mr Bhushan and Mr Yadav of playing the party false, Mr Kejriwal is heard in the video saying, "I say this with sadness that at a time when the public supported us, our own friends stabbed us in the back."
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"Take the party, don't kill it like this. Now you have to decide if you want to be with me or them," said Mr Kejriwal. "If you select them, then I will step down from all posts and work as an ordinary party worker."
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Mr Kejriwal did not vote and left after making the speech.
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"It was murder of democracy," said Mr Yadav, alleging that bouncers dragged his supporters out of the meeting so that Mr Kejriwal's supporters could prevail. Mr Bhushan alleged "goondagardi (hooliganism)".
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