I welcome statement: Yadav

"I welcome the statement by 4 colleagues. Begins the possibility of open, transparent dialogue. Truth shall prevail," Yogendra Yadav tweeted.

"Hope this statement ends all slander, planting of allegations. Hope no more coercion of party functionaries and Delhi MLAs on this issue," he said.

"Hope PB and my response will also be duly publicised by the party media. Hope party's website will be opened for all volunteers responses," he said.

Deepening the rift within the AAP, senior party leaders Manish Sisodia, Gopai Rai, Pankaj Gupta and Sanjay Singh on Tuesday accused that Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav were attempting to defeat the party during the recent Delhi Assembly polls.

Elaborating the party's decision to remove founding members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from the Political Affairs Committee (PAC), the AAP  leader in a joint statement said: "The Aam Aadmi Party had registered a historic victory in the Delhi Assembly polls. It was a result of the immense hard work by all the party workers."

"When these workers were working hard to ensure the party's victory, our three big leaders- Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav and Shanti Bhushan- were trying hard for the party's  defeat," it said.

Amid turmoil within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the national executive of the same on Mar 4 decided to remove its founding members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from the party's PAC.

The AAP had registered a landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls to form the government in the national capital.