On Friday, Raghav Chadha announced he would join the BJP. 6 min read Chandigarh Apr 24, 2026 04:32 PM IST First published on: Apr 24, 2026 at 04:31 PM IST He was once labelled the “de-facto Chief Minister” of Punjab, much to the chagrin of Bhagwant Mann, who helmed the state following the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s landslide win in the 2022 Assembly elections. Now, Raghav Chadha has dealt a big blow to the party with which he had been since its inception ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, claiming, “We, the two-third members belonging to the AAP in the Rajya Sabha, exercise the provisions of the Constitution of India and merge ourselves with the BJP,” in a press conference on Friday alongside former AAP colleagues who have also joined the BJP, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal; the latter had replaced Chadha in the Rajya Sabha on April 2.…