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AAP to BJP: Seven who switched as Raghav Chadha leads exodus
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AAP to BJP: Seven who switched as Raghav Chadha leads exodus

The Indian Express·Express News Service·about 1 month ago
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A chartered accountant, Raghav Chadha joined what would later become the AAP during the Anna Hazare-led India Against Corruption movement in 2011. Rising through its organisational ranks quickly given his proximity to AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal , Chadha is credited with helping draft the then-Kejriwal government’s Budgets for Delhi to advising the AAP’s senior leadership as one of the nine members of the party’s Political Affairs Committee. Fielded on an AAP ticket, Chadha unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2019, a year before being elected as an MLA in the Delhi elections. Before completing his term as an MLA, he was picked for the Rajya Sabha in March 2022 from Punjab. Chadha’s enhanced status and his proximity to the AAP’s leaders in the Capital, particularly Kejriwal, is said to have paved the way for him to “throw his weight around” in Punjab where the party swept to power in 2022, triggering bad blood and complaints within the organisation.…

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