New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha released a fresh list of party positions on Monday after seven members defected from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and announced their merger with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This change increased the BJP’s representation in the House from 107 to 113 members, while that of AAP has decreased to three.The defectors — Raghav Chadha, Swati Maliwal, Harbhajan Singh, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, Rajinder Gupta, and Vikram Sahni — revealed their decision …
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New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday welcomed the merger of seven Rajya Sabha members, who defected from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), praising them for “never resorting to abusive language” or creating “indiscipline” in the House. This came as the Rajya Sabha released a fresh list of party positions on Monday after seven members defected from the AAP and announced their merger with the BJP. This change increased the…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha on Monday took to social media to explain the reasons behind his exit from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), alleging that the party had turned “toxic”, while asserting that his decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would help him implement the causes he supports more effectively. Chadha shared a video message on Instagram, a platform popular among Gen Z users, where he reportedly lost around two million followers amid what is bein…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Sunday said that the membership of the seven MPs who recently left the party and are set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “will be cancelled” under constitutional provisions.Singh said the AAP has filed a petition under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution and requested Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan to conduct an early hearing and deliver a fair decision.The development comes after Rajya Sabh…
Chandigarh, April 25 (IANS) Punjab Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Harpal Singh Cheema on Saturday emphasised that the party will “continue its fight to save the Constitution”.His reaction came a day after a political storm erupted after seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs quit the party and joined the BJP.The MPs included Raghav Chadha, Swati Maliwal, Ashok Mittal and others.Speaking to IANS, Cheema blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the seven AAP MPs defecting from the party.The Punja…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha said on Saturday that he and six other Members of Parliament chose to leave the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as the party had fallen into “corrupt and compromised hands”, leaving them “disappointed, disenchanted and disgusted”. Chadha triggered a major political development on Friday by announcing his resignation from AAP along with six other Rajya Sabha MPs — Swati Maliwal, Harbhajan Singh, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, Rajinder Gupta and Vi…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) A day after former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal, along with six other Rajya Sabha MPs, including Raghav Chadha, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she cited AAP Convener Arvind Kejriwal’s “corruption, hooliganism and lies” as the reason. Maliwal also clarified that she has not joined the BJP under any compulsion.During an interaction with IANS, she rekindled her time with the AAP.Maliwal said: “I have been working with Arvind Kejriwal since 2006. I left…
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) Reacting to the departure of two-thirds of AAP Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament, Punjab BJP working President Ashwani Sharma on Friday said that the development raised serious concerns about Arvind Kejriwal’s leadership and reflects his increasingly authoritarian style of functioning. He said that such “large-scale exits expose the deep cracks within the party and indicate growing dissent against Kejriwal’s way of running the organisation”. Sharma further criticise…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) faced a seismic shock on Friday as heavyweight leaders and sitting Rajya Sabha MPs, Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, among others, formally announced their departure.The move to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) began with a high-voltage press conference, where Chadha, flanked by Ashok Mittal and Sandeep Pathak, read out a carefully worded statement denouncing AAP policies since 2013. Chadha, once projected as the party’s second‑run…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday said that in the name of bringing change in the political landscape, Arvind Kejriwal formed the Aam Aadmi Party but rapidly turned from a party convener into a party dictator.On a day when a faction of AAP’s Rajya Sabha MPs merged with the BJP, Sachdeva said Kejriwal misused power and dragged the party into the mire of corruption, as a result of which, from Shashi Bhushan to Raghav Chadha, all founding members of “AAP…