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BJP president Nitin Nabin (second, right) welcomes Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, others to BJP NEW DELHI: Despite the breakaway faction of AAP MPs claiming they have fortified themselves legally with two-third of the party’s members in the Upper House merging with BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday announced that they will be…
Seven of the 10 Rajya Sabha MPs of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) joined BJP on Friday, in a jolt to the party ahead of next year’s election in Punjab, the only state where it is in office. The defection comes at a time when former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has intensified his campaign against BJP…
NEW DELHI: Seven of the 10 Rajya Sabha MPs of AAP, including Raghav Chadha and ex-international cricketer Harbhajan Singh, joined BJP on Friday, in a jolt to the party ahead of next year’s election in Punjab, the only state where it is in office. This comes at a time when former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal…
NEW DELHI: Renowned legal experts highlighted the Tenth Schedule’s inability to stop political defections when they acquire the scale of “merger” and said joining of BJP by seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs led by Raghav Chadha would not fall foul of the anti-defection law, which approves two-thirds of a legislature party to break away and…
Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha with Nitin Nabin and others (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: The exit of Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha along with six other members has significantly altered the composition of the Upper House, strengthening the ruling BJP-led NDA while sharply reducing the Aam Aadmi Party’s presence. The move has also hit the opposition…
Raghav Chadha and other ex-AAP MPs with BJP president Nitin Nabin (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: In a major political development, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Friday quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The move comes days after an open rift with the AAP leadership.Announcing his decision at a…
NEW DELHI: In a major setback to the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday, its prominent Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha led a wave of exodus from the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, joining the Bharatiya Janata Party along with two party colleagues and fellow MPs, including Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal.Notably, weeks earlier, the AAP had appointed…
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Friday submitted a fresh notice in Rajya Sabha seeking a motion to remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The notice has been signed by 73 MPs.Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that there are nine specific charges against the CEC on the ground of ‘proven misbehaviour’ and called his continuation as…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the April 26 Gujarat local body polls, BJP Lok Sabha MP Mitesh Patel has kicked up a controversy with remarks allegedly warning that development grants would be withheld if voters in Anklav elect Congress candidates, triggering the opposition to lodge a complaint to poll body.The Gujarat unit of the Congress on…
SIVAGANGA: A mob snatched Rs 13.44 lakh in cash from an election flying squad, which had seized it moments ago from Sivaganga MP Karti Chidambaram’s office during a raid on Monday.Police have arrested a suspect, identified as Palaniyappan. Acting on a tip-off that cash was stored for distribution to voters, the squad raided Karti’s office…
