Raghav Chadha joins BJP

In a major political blow to the Aam Aadmi Party, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has resigned and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Chadha led a significant exodus of seven AAP MPs, citing the party's deviation from its founding principles and the collapse of internal democracy.

The move has sparked a fierce war of words, with AAP leaders accusing the BJP of engineering defections to destabilize the Punjab government.

The mass departure is permissible under anti-defection laws as it involves more than two-thirds of the party's Rajya Sabha members.