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Split-AAP: Raghav Chadha leads revolt, joins BJP with 6 MPs
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Split-AAP: Raghav Chadha leads revolt, joins BJP with 6 MPs

The Indian Express·Express Web Desk·about 1 month ago
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From Left: Sandeep Pathak, Raghav Chadha, and Ashok Mittal at Saturday's press conference. AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has joined the BJP along with Ashok Mittal and Sandeep Pathak. Addressing a press conference with party colleagues Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal, Chadha said, “We have decided that we, the two-third members belonging to the AAP in Rajya Sabha, exercise the provisions of the Constitution of India and merge ourselves with the BJP.” “Besides us, there are Harbhajan Singh, Rajinder Gupta, Vikram Sahney and Swati Maliwal,” Chadha said. This is significant because it comes at a time when the AAP is gearing up for the election in Punjab, where it is in power. If Chadha’s claims of several leaders joining the BJP with him is true, then the rebels will also be out of the purview of the anti-defection law. Thirty-seven-year-old Chadha has been with Arvind Kejriwal since the inception of AAP. An alumnus of Delhi ’s Modern School, he is a chartered accountant.…

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