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 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…
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 24 (IANS) Raghav Chadha, the senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP, dropped a political bombshell on Friday, by announcing his exit from the party along with six other party lawmakers – all headed to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). He said that the two-thirds faction of the AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, comprising a breakaway faction, will merge with the BJP in the coming days.Chadha made the announcement in a press conference, accompanied by another party Rajya Sabha MP, Sandee…