Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha meets President Droupadi Murmu and submits a representation alleging harassment of MPs who quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Chadha, along with three other MPs, makes the allegations after their departure from AAP and their merger with the BJP in the Rajya Sabha. He accuses the AAP-led Punjab government of using “vendetta politics” and misusing state machinery to target MPs, saying the actions are politically motivated. Speaking after the meeting, Chadha says MPs who leave AAP after exercising their constitutional right are subsequently branded in a negative way and that he and others have presented the incidents and developments to the President. The representation alleges intimidation and coercive actions directed at former AAP MPs who have joined the BJP, and it attributes these actions to state agencies. The sources do not include responses from the AAP, the Punjab government, or any state agencies regarding the allegations.
Raghav Chadha meets President Murmu, alleges harassment of AAP defectors
Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha meets President Droupadi Murmu and submits a representation alleging harassment of MPs who quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Chad...
- Raghav Chadha, a Rajya Sabha MP, meets President Droupadi Murmu and submits a representation.
- Chadha alleges that MPs who quit AAP and joined BJP are being harassed after their exit.
- He accuses the AAP-led Punjab government of “vendetta politics” and misuse of state machinery.
- Chadha alleges intimidation and coercive actions by state agencies against former AAP MPs who joined BJP.
- The meeting takes place with Chadha and three other MPs, who also submit the representation.
Raghav Chadha alleged that several former AAP MPs who have joined the BJP are facing intimidation and coercive actions from State agencies.
3 months agoRajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Tuesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government of indulging in "vendetta politics" and misusing the state machinery to target the MPs who recently quit the party and merged with the BJP in the Rajya Sabha. Chadha, along with three other MPs, met President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday and submitted a representation alleging harassment and "politically motivated" action against them following their exit from AAP. "All those MPs who exercised their constitutional right to express disagreement with the Aam Aadmi Party and chose to leave it, and all these incidents and developments, have been presented today before the President of India. I also want to tell the Aam Aadmi Party that as long as we were obedient, we were considered cultured. The moment we left, we were branded corrupt," Chadha told reporters here after the meeting. He alleged that several former AAP MPs who have joined the BJP are facing intimidation and coercive actions from .
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