Yadav and Bhushan removed from AAP's National Executive

The party's move came on the expected line as the national executive met in the morning amid a deepening divide in the Delhi's ruling party.

"It was scripted. It was a murder of democracy," Yadav said.

Less than two hours into the meeting, Mr Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, left. He reportedly made an emotional speech.

Earlier,Yadav sat on a  dharna outside the meeting venue with eight supporters, alleging that "legitimate members" were not being allowed inside.

But Yadav and Bhushan, protesting against "lack of internal democracy" in the party, were in the minority as a huge number of  AAP workers blocked roads outside the meeting venue raising slogans and holding up placards in support of  party chief Arvind Kejriwal.

Kejriwal has reportedly made it clear that he can't work with Yadav and  Bhushan anymore.

Yadav and Bhushan claim that they are being forced out of AAP by party  for demanding more transparency and internal democracy.

With  hopes for a possible reconciliation drifting away, a split in the party  looked almost certain  on Friday after a series of press conferences held by rival camps led by rebel leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan on one side and party chief Arvind Kejriwal on the other.

Yadav and Bhushan fired the salvo first calling Kejriwal a 'dictator surrounded by yest men.' Then Kejriwal camp hit back accusing the rebel duo of taking the party to a strait.

In an audio record produced by the rebel camp Kejriwal was heard purportedly using expletives against Yadav and Bhushan and even threatening to form a new party.

Reacting to this, Bhushan said, "I did not know Kejriwal has this much poison in his mind for me and Yogendra Yadav. This party was not supposed to be one man party."

However, the Kejriwal camp claimed that "private" conversations of leaders were being "recorded" for the past nine months to "blackmail" the leadership.