While Bhagwant Mann demanded a constitutional amendment, the rebel group led by Raghav Chadha sought protection against what they termed "state-sponsored vendetta."
Even before AAP crisis, Opposition camp has repeatedly accused BJP of conducting “Operation Lotus” to split their parties and form coalition govts with breakaway groups in state after state
Raghav Chadha’s Instagram following took a sharp hit. Within 24 hours of his switch to the BJP, his followers reportedly dropped by nearly one million, from 14.6 million on Friday to 13.3 million by Saturday afternoon.
With people coming up with newer forms of subverting the constitutional order and innovative ways of avoiding defection, there is a need to seriously reconsider the way parties are organised