New Delhi, Feb 12: A day after Press Club of India (PCI) filed an FIR at the Parliament Street Police Station against the organisers of the event on Afzal Guru, where slogans were anti-national slogans were raised, it expelled Ali Javed, who booked the hall. Press Club distanced itself from the event on Afzal Guru in their premises and said that they were unaware about the event. Also Read - Afzal Guru Death Anniversary: 2G Mobile Internet Suspended in Kashmir

After show cause notices was issued by Press Club, Ali Javed submitted his reply in which he was provoked and such event happened. The managing committee of the Press Club on Friday held a meeting to discuss Ali Javed’s reply and decided to expel him. ” Managing committee observed that Ali Javed in his reply said he was provoked and such event happened and have decided to expel him,” Nadeem Ahmad Kazmi, general secretary of the Press Club. (ALSO READ: JNU Afzal Guru row: Police register sedition case, protests continue) Also Read - Soni Razdan Calls Afzal Guru a 'Scapegoat', Demands 'Solid Enquiry' Into Davinder Singh's Role in Parliament Attack

After Afzal Guru row, the Press Club formed a three-member committee to review booking policy of PCI hall, without whose permission no booking shall be allowed. “Press Club has nothing to do with it. We give our halls on hire. This hall was booked by a senior member and we had no advance notice of what was going to happen. This hall was booked for a conference and every day half a dozen conferences take place here,” Press Club chairman Rahul Jalali told ANI. Also Read - DSP Davinder Singh Arrest: 'Only a Pawn For Master Conspirators,' Alleges Congress

Days after the outrage over a group of left-leaning students in Jawaharlal Nehru University organising a meet to mourn the hanging of Guru, another commemorative meeting was held at the Press Club of India in Delhi on Wednesday where anti-India slogans were raised.