Ashutosh hinted that Yadav's "fatal ambition" to become the convenor led to his ouster from top party panels and, accused the rebel duo of "knowingly or unknowingly" helping BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He also accused them of lying about bouncers being present at the February 28 National Council meeting which passed a resolution to remove them from the party's National Executive.
"Sometimes ambitions become a fatal flaw. When everybody who are equal walk together and one manages to walk ahead of the others, then the rest feels left out. It's a psychological problem.
He expressed his anguish over the duo attacking Kejriwal when he was "at his weakest".
The journalist-turned-politician also compared the Delhi Chief Minister to the likes of "Gandhi, Nehru, Lenin, Mao, George Washington, Lincoln, Rossevelt" saying he was a leader "in that club" on being asked whether Kejriwal was dictatoral and ruthless in dealing with rebels.
"AAP is product of a movement. It may have certain remnants of that movement. But a political party can't behave like an NGO," he said.
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