The churning in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) reached a climax late Monday night, with the party expelling senior leaders Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan, Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha.

The decision to throw out the trio, along with Ajit Jha, was taken at marathon meeting attended mostly by leaders close to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, hours after Yadav and Bhushan replied to show-cause notices and criticised the AAP leadership for attempting to stifle dissent within the party.