New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, centre, adddresses a press conference at the Constitution Club, in New Delhi, Friday, April 24, 2026. Rajya Sabha MPs Sandeep Pathak, left, and Ashok Mittal are also seen. (PTI Photo)(PTI04_24_2026_000230B)
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The BJP Friday said the AAP is in “complete disarray” and has become a “den of corruption” after seven of its Rajya Sabha members, including Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak, quit and announced they are joining the BJP.
In a post on X, BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said, “No one believes in the corrupt AAP. The party, which started by claiming to be a party with a difference, has become a den of corruption.” BJP IT department head Amit Malviya said on X, “The Aam Aadmi Party is in complete disarray. The collapse is no longer speculation; it is unfolding in real time.” Chadha and Pathak on Friday announced that they are joining the BJP along with five other MPs of the party.
Addressing a press conference here, Chadha said that seven out of 10 Rajya Sabha members of AAP are set to merge with the BJP.
“As per the Constitution, two-thirds of the total MPs of a party can merge with another party. We have submitted a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan in this regard today, along with all the required documents,” he told reporters.
Chadha said the other MPs who are joining the BJP are Harbhajan Singh, Rajendra Gupta, Vikram Sahni, Swati Maliwal and Ashok Mittal. Pathak and Mittal were present with him at the press conference.
Published on April 24, 2026
