AAP Seeks Disqualification of Raghav Chadha, Insurgent MPs After Exit
2 min learnNew DelhiApr 24, 2026 10:31 PM IST
Hours after Raghav Chadha and several other different Rajya Sabha MPs resigned from the Aam Aadmi Get together and introduced their choice to hitch the Bharatiya Janata Get together, senior AAP chief Sanjay Singh mentioned he would write to the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha searching for their disqualification.
In his assertion, Singh argued that their transfer to hitch one other social gathering quantities to voluntarily relinquishing membership of their authentic social gathering below the Tenth Schedule of the Structure of India.
The event follows a serious political setback for AAP, with seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs resigning from the social gathering. Addressing a press convention, Chadha, flanked by Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittalmentioned that greater than two-thirds of the social gathering’s Higher Home MPs had stop and would be part of the BJP as a faction.
Chadha acknowledged that fellow MPs Harbhajan Singh and Swati Maliwal had been additionally amongst these leaving the social gathering. He added that every one mandatory documentation, together with signed letters, had already been submitted to the Rajya Sabha Chairman.
“Within the Rajya Sabha, the Aam Aadmi Get together has 10 MPs. Greater than two-thirds of them are with us on this initiative,” Chadha mentioned, asserting that procedural formalities had been accomplished earlier within the day.
Insurgent leaders cite ‘deviation from core ideas’
Explaining his choice, Chadha mentioned the social gathering had “utterly strayed from its ideas, values and core morals,” including that regardless of dedicating 15 years to the organisation, he now believed he was “the precise individual within the improper social gathering.”
Pathak additionally confirmed his departure, stating that though he had been related to the social gathering for 10 years, he felt compelled to step away below the present circumstances.
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The inner shift comes shortly after organisational adjustments within the Rajya Sabha, the place Chadha was eliminated as AAP’s deputy chief and changed by Mittal.
