Former AAP members slammed Arvind Kejriwal for nominating a businessman to Rajya Sabha. Photo for representation: Reuters.

The Aam Aadmi Party's decision to nominate businessman Sushil Gupta to Rajya Sabha has not gone down well with former AAP members.

AAP founder members Yogendra Yadav and Mayank Gandhi lashed out at Arvind Kejriwal for picking Sushil Gupta, who recently resigned from the Congress.

Yogendra Yadav took to Twitter to slam Arvind Kejriwal and said he was "ashamed and numb" by the decision. "I used to say, whatever his other faults @ArvindKejriwal cannot be bought. Defended him against Kapil Mishra's allegations. Now I don't know what to say. Speechless, ashamed and numb," he said.

I used to say, whatever his other faults @ArvindKejriwal cannot be bought. Defended him against Kapil Mishraï¿½??s allegations. Now I donï¿½??t know what to say. Speechless, ashamed and numb. https://t.co/3rTpNssDVy - Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) January 3, 2018

Replying to Yogendra Yadav in a tweet, former AAP leader Mayank Gandhi said, "I told you about some of the incidents that indicated this. But, in our naivete, we did not believe that AK could go to such extent".

He said the AAP "has become corrupt" and there was "no difference between AAP and BSP". Hitting out at the AAP leadership, Gandhi said, "After communal and caste vote bank politics, we have crossed the last bastion, corruption".

Think. Why was Sushil Gupta selected? Now there is no diff between AAP and BSP. This leadership isn't worth supporting. I can today say w/o any doubt - AAP has become corrupt. After communal & caste vote bank politics - we hv crossed the last bastion - CORRUPTION January 3, 2018

Former AAP leader Prashant Bhushan was also scathing in his criticism against the Aam Aadmi Party for giving Rajya Sabha tickets to "people who have not distinguished themselves in public service and have no expertise on anything to qualify for the RS".

"(It) is the final denouement of a party which started with such promise and is now totally degenerate," Bhushan said.

AAP giving Rajya Sabha tickets to people who have not distinguished themselves in public service&have no expertise on anything to qualify for the RS, by ignoring the voices of volunteers, is the final denouement of a party which started with such promise&is now totally degenerate https://t.co/oM5yve7k43 - Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) January 3, 2018

Suspended AAP leader Kapil Mishra posted a sarcastic tweet on the party's Rajya Sabha nominee Sushil Gupta, describing him as "Kejriwal-certified" and "a great social worker".

Besides Sushil Gupta, the Aam Aadmi Party today nominated senior party leader Sanjay Singh and chartered accountant N D Gupta to Rajya Sabha, giving Kumar Vishwas a miss.

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