<p>Cracking the whip on dissidents, AAP today suspended two of its Punjab MPs -- Dharamvira Gandhi, who had supported expelled leader Yogendra Yadav, and Harinder Singh Khalsa -- for anti-party activities and alleged that they had joined hands with ruling BJP-SAD combine in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The decision was taken at the party's Political Affairs Committee (PAC) in which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal participated through phone from Haridwar.<br /><br />AAP had won four seats in Lok Sabha polls in Punjab while drawing a blank elsewhere in the country, including Delhi. Dharamvira Gandhi was elected from Patiala LS seat while Khalsa won from Fatehgarh Sahib constituency.<br /><br />The two MPs were charged with "damaging the prospects" of AAP in Punjab and the case has now been referred to the three-member National Disciplinary Committee comprising party's national secretary Pankaj Gupta, Delhi unit convener Dilip Pandey and spokesperson Deepak Bajpail, the AAP said.<br /><br />"Mr Gandhi and Mr Khalsa have joined hands with the corrupt BJP-SAD leaders in Punjab and have betrayed the faith of the common man," the AAP said in its twitter handle.<br /><br />"The two MPs have been suspended and not sacked. This means they have to follow the party's whip in Lok Sabha," said a senior AAP leader and threatened that they will be liable for disqualification if they do not follow the whip.<br /><br />Sources said the party leadership was unhappy with the duo for holding a parallel conference at Baba Bakala near Amritsar today on the occasion of Rakhar Puniya (rakhi) festival.<br /><br />Two stalls were set up at the venue of the festival -- one by state convener Sucha Singh Chotepur and another by Gandhi and Khalsa.<br /><br />"They used pictures of National Convener Arvind Kejriwal and party MPs Bhagwant Mann and Sadhu Singh to create confusion and help Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP.<br /><br />"They used party symbol and pictures of party leaders in the publicity material of their conference without due permission from the party," the party said.<br /><br />Gandhi is considered close to expelled AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan.<br />"Taking cognizance of their anti-party activities and indiscipline, the PAC has decided to refer their case to the National Disciplinary Action Committee for suitable action against them. <br /><br />The PAC also unanimously resolves to suspend Mr. Dharamvira Ghandhi and Mr. Harinder Singh Khala from the primary membership of the party," the party added.<br /><br />When contacted, the Patiala MP said he was not aware of the action taken against him.<br />In the Lok Sabha election when the party drew a blank in its stronghold of Delhi, it won four seats in Punjab. The party is now working to wrest power from the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine in 2017 assembly polls.</p>
<p>Cracking the whip on dissidents, AAP today suspended two of its Punjab MPs -- Dharamvira Gandhi, who had supported expelled leader Yogendra Yadav, and Harinder Singh Khalsa -- for anti-party activities and alleged that they had joined hands with ruling BJP-SAD combine in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The decision was taken at the party's Political Affairs Committee (PAC) in which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal participated through phone from Haridwar.<br /><br />AAP had won four seats in Lok Sabha polls in Punjab while drawing a blank elsewhere in the country, including Delhi. Dharamvira Gandhi was elected from Patiala LS seat while Khalsa won from Fatehgarh Sahib constituency.<br /><br />The two MPs were charged with "damaging the prospects" of AAP in Punjab and the case has now been referred to the three-member National Disciplinary Committee comprising party's national secretary Pankaj Gupta, Delhi unit convener Dilip Pandey and spokesperson Deepak Bajpail, the AAP said.<br /><br />"Mr Gandhi and Mr Khalsa have joined hands with the corrupt BJP-SAD leaders in Punjab and have betrayed the faith of the common man," the AAP said in its twitter handle.<br /><br />"The two MPs have been suspended and not sacked. This means they have to follow the party's whip in Lok Sabha," said a senior AAP leader and threatened that they will be liable for disqualification if they do not follow the whip.<br /><br />Sources said the party leadership was unhappy with the duo for holding a parallel conference at Baba Bakala near Amritsar today on the occasion of Rakhar Puniya (rakhi) festival.<br /><br />Two stalls were set up at the venue of the festival -- one by state convener Sucha Singh Chotepur and another by Gandhi and Khalsa.<br /><br />"They used pictures of National Convener Arvind Kejriwal and party MPs Bhagwant Mann and Sadhu Singh to create confusion and help Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP.<br /><br />"They used party symbol and pictures of party leaders in the publicity material of their conference without due permission from the party," the party said.<br /><br />Gandhi is considered close to expelled AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan.<br />"Taking cognizance of their anti-party activities and indiscipline, the PAC has decided to refer their case to the National Disciplinary Action Committee for suitable action against them. <br /><br />The PAC also unanimously resolves to suspend Mr. Dharamvira Ghandhi and Mr. Harinder Singh Khala from the primary membership of the party," the party added.<br /><br />When contacted, the Patiala MP said he was not aware of the action taken against him.<br />In the Lok Sabha election when the party drew a blank in its stronghold of Delhi, it won four seats in Punjab. The party is now working to wrest power from the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine in 2017 assembly polls.</p>