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Constitution vs vendetta: Mann and Chadha take AAP war to Rashtrapati Bhawan as allegations and threats fly

The Indian Express·Kanchan Vasdev·28 days ago
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The internal crisis within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) escalated into a full-blown constitutional confrontation Tuesday, as Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and rebel Rajya Sabha MPs under Raghav Chadha separately approached President Droupadi Murmu, seeking action against each other. The standoff follows a dramatic split in the party, with a group of seven AAP MPs breaking away and aligning with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last month, triggering a legal and political battle over defection, legitimacy, and control. Chadha, along with three other MPs, Rajinder Gupta, Ashok Mittal and Sandeep Pathak, met Murmu and sought protection under the Constitution against “vendetta” being unleashed on them for switching over. ‘People of Punjab don’t like traitors’ On the other hand, Mann said he told Murmu that there should be an amendment in the Constitution to allow people to exercise the right to recall their elected representatives. He also said the AAP had moved court against these defections.…

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