role in September 2013. Yadav had argued that there was no conflict. Yadav contested the 2014 Indian general elections from Gurgaon constituency as an AAP candidate. He came fourth and lost his deposit. On 4 March 2015, Yadav was voted out of AAP's Political Affairs Committee (PAC). Subsequently, on 28 March, he was expelled from the party's National Executive for alleged "anti-party activities". In April, he was expelled from the party. Yadav denied being involved in anti-party activities and stated that he was victimised for challenging "dictatorial ways" of the party's chief Arvind Kejriwal. Together with Prashant Bhushan, Anand Kumar (sociologist) and Ajit Jha, Yadav has formed a new political organisation called Swaraj Abhiyan. Yogendra Yadav urged Delhi voters to choose NOTA in 2019 Indian general election as no political parties in Delhi have fulfilled their promises. He termed NOTA as “No Till an Alternative”. Yadav is a member of Samyukt Kisan Morcha coordination committee, which spearheaded the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest. In 2022, Yogendra Yadav joined Rahul Gandhi - led Bharat Jodo Yatra and described the Yatra as a Dakshinayana movement of India, where the influences of the South are carried to the North. Political positions Anti English and Hindi as the medium of instruction He supports removing English language as a medium of teaching from higher education while opposing replacing it with Hindi. He stated "Bringing Hindi as a substitute for English is as barbaric to me as the dominance of English today." He supports higher education to be done through mother tongues. Awards and honours In 2008, Yadav received Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Development Studies. In 2009, he received the Global South Solidarity Award by the International Political Science Association. Publications Yadav has published many articles and books. He was an editor and advisor for various publications, such as the European Journal of Political Research, Samayik Varta and the Hindi-language social science anthologies titled Lokchhintan and Lokchintak Granthamala. Books Making Sense of Indian Democracy: Theory as Practice (2020) State of Democracy in South Asia (2008) co-authored and co-edited (with Sandeep Shastri and K C Suri). Electoral Politics in Indian States (2009). Democracy in Multi-national Societies (2010) co-authored with Alfred Stepan and Juan Linz. Democratic Politics - 1 (2006) Chief Advisor with Suhas Palshikar, published by NCERT. Democratic Politics - 2 (2006) Chief Advisor with Suhas Palshikar, published by NCERT. Modiraj Main Kisan, Double Aamad, ya Double Aafat