Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the AAP was united, but the motion was to counter “false rumours and news”
When Chadha announced his departure from AAP on April 24, he had nearly 14.6 million followers, but the number of his followers dropped to 12.7 million by April 26
Mr. Pathak, like AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, has written a letter to Delhi High Court Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma saying that he would not appear in person in the matter
Mehraj Malik said now that he had been released, he would continue to raise and talk about the issues of the people
Large-scale defections have rendered the Tenth Schedule impotent
Power Minister Sanjeev Arora, meanwhile, asserted that Punjab remains firmly in control as electricity demand skyrocketed from 7,900 MW to over 12,000 MW within ten days
We begin with the merger of seven AAP MPs with the BJP in the Rajya Sabha. Also ahead, a key trade deal for India, campaigning draws to a close for the next phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, and more.
Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been giving Rajya Sabha party tickets to the rich and wealthy in exchange for money and should thus change its name to the "Arabpati Aadmiyon ki Party [party of billionaires]"
Rijiju also took a swipe at the Opposition INDIA bloc, calling it the “Tukde-Tukde INDI Alliance.”
“But today, this party is no longer the same old party. Today, there’s a toxic work environment in this party. You are stopped from working. You are stopped from speaking in Parliament,” Raghav Chadha said
With the merger of 7 AAP MPs, BJP’s strength in Rajya Sabha rises to 113 while AAP falls to three
The AAP convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister said he has made the decision by listening to the voice of his conscience
Polling in municipal corporations comparatively lower than in other local bodies: SEC; AAP candidate among three reported dead on polling day
He also claimed that he was never allowed to speak on any bill in the Upper House, as it was Mr. Chadha and Mr. Pathak who would always speak
Security personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force could be seen deployed outside the residence of the former cricketer on April 26
AAP MP Sanjay Singh claimed the move by the seven Rajya Sabha MPs amounted to defection as it was against the provisions of the anti-defection law
Is there a law against defection? What are the exceptions to it and how has the Supreme Court interpreted them? What are experts’ view on seven of AAP’s 10 Rajya Sabha members joining the BJP last week?
The timing of the AAP MPs’ exit from the party is as damaging as the defection itself; the party’s bid gain sympathy by branding the defectors as traitors may offer little electoral consolation
The Congress has been accusing the BJP of inducting leaders of various other parties facing cases and then going slow on the action against them
Swati Maliwal, who joined the BJP after defecting, praised the "decisive and strong leadership" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
“Anti-defection law clearly states that any type of split or faction cannot happen in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. It does not carry any legal recognition, even if it's a two-thirds majority,” Mr. Singh said
Refuting the allegations, the former Delhi CM and AAP leader Atishi said the photographs released by Parvesh Verma were fake
"Everyone has the right to hold an opinion in a democracy. They [Mr. Chadha and others] must have faced some trouble, which is why they left," Mr. Hazare
In this video, we cover the major shake-up as Raghav Chadha joins the BJP, protests by Telangana RTC employees, a new Opposition move targeting the Chief Election Commissioner, Iran war and more.
The defection in AAP has exposed the party’s infighting and the crises it’s plagued with, which opposition parties immediately took advantage of following the defection
The development will enhance the BJP’s negotiating ability with the Akali Dal for a possible pre-election alliance in Punjab, former Union Minister says
The move comes amid Mr. Chadha’s prolonged silence on matters related to the AAP, and his absence from several public events led by AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal
Besides Raghav Chadha, Rajya Sabha MPs Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Rajinder Gupta, Vikram Sahney and Swati Maliwal also quit the party
PSPCL recently issued public notice announcing scheduled power outages from April 21 to 28 across major cities, citing system upgrade works aimed at improving electricity supply
The action is being undertaken under the Foreign Exchange Management Act
The state Congress chief asked why the AAP had "failed" to punish those responsible for the sacrilege and the later killing of protesters. He was referring to the series of sacrilege incidents in 2015, the protests that followed, and the killing of two Sikhs in police firing at the protesters
M.L. Ninama, who recently took voluntary retirement three months before his scheduled superannuation, joined the BJP at an event in Shamlaji in Aravalli district
The AAP leader claimed that students graduating from institutions such as University of Allahabad, University of Lucknow, Aligarh Muslim University, and Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University are struggling to find jobs
To my colleagues in AAP who were forced to issue videos saying that 'Raghav Chadha failed to raise Punjab's issues in Parliament', here is a small trailer, says Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha in a post on X
Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha dismissed claims that he did not join Opposition walkouts, terming the charge a "blatant lie".
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann says Raghav Chadha went against the party line as he was unwilling to speak on issues such as deletion of votes in West Bengal
In the video message in Hindi, Raghav Chadha also said that he is that river, which when the moment comes, becomes a flood