AAP leader and Haryana unit chief Yogendra Yadav quit from the political affairs committee. AAP leader and Haryana unit chief Yogendra Yadav quit from the political affairs committee.

Exposing further rifts within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), senior leader and Haryana unit chief Yogendra Yadav and the state's convenor Navin Jaihind resigned from the political affairs committee (PAC) and the national executive (NE), respectively, on Saturday. This comes just a week after two prominent members quit AAP, revolting against lack of democracy in the party.

Taking responsibility of the party's poor show in Haryana in the Lok Sabha polls, Yadav sought to be relieved from all other active party posts too.

The resignations tendered by both the leaders are yet to be accepted by the party. According to AAP spokesperson Ashutosh, the party is scheduled to meet on June 6, and the issue of resignations will be taken up then.

Arvind Kejriwal and Kumar Vishwas leave the Patiala House Court after being granted bail on Saturday in the case related to their protest in December 2012 outside the residence of then Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit. Arvind Kejriwal and Kumar Vishwas leave the Patiala House Court after being granted bail on Saturday in the case related to their protest in December 2012 outside the residence of then Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit.

The resignations follow a public dispute and bickering between Yadav and Jaihind over duties and the party's performance in Haryana.

Jaihind, a prominent face of the party in Haryana, was said to have had differences with Yadav.

Jaihind, who has been associated with the party even before its formal launch, is the Haryana convenor and was handpicked by party chief Arvind Kejriwal to contest against Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's son Deepender from Rohtak.

Jaihind said he was served a show-cause notice on May 28 after Yadav allegedly lodged a complaint against him for convening a meeting of its volunteers without informing other party members.

"The PAC and NE should jointly take responsibility of the party's defeat in the Lok Sabha and some leaders should quit," Jahind said in a reply to the notice on his Facebook page.

Jaihind said on Saturday he will continue working as a party volunteer.

Sources also said that Kejriwal is not in favour of Yadav taking a backseat. Senior party leader and PAC member Sanjay Singh went on to say that "Yadav's resignation will not be accepted". However, despite the assurances, Yadav's decision to quit from active party roles has fuelled talks of crisis in the AAP, following its debacle in the Lok Sabha polls, deepening. Irrespective of whether Yadav is persuaded to continue, political observers say his motivation to remain a decisive member and ideological contributor to the party is fast eroding.

The party, which has started losing members who gave it the footing that it once enjoyed, might be staring at an even bleaker future as Yadav was considered to be one of the most influential PAC embers.

While Yadav was unavailable for comments, he tweeted, " Rumours about my quitting AAP are baseless. I am very much with the party and committed to working for it harder than ever," he said.

The party's moral high ground came crashing earlier this week when one of its founder members Shazia Ilmi quit the party on May 24 blaming ills in the organisation on a "crony clique". Another senior leader Captain G. R. Gopinath, who joined the party in January, quit on the same day over similar reasons cited by Ilmi.