Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh says the party will write to the Rajya Sabha chairman seeking disqualification of seven AAP MPs who have joined the BJP. Singh argues the anti defection law does not recognise splits or factions, calling the move unconstitutional and illegal. The party wants the MPs removed from the upper house, raising a fresh challenge to party switching rules.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has sought urgent President’s intervention after seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, led by Raghav Chadha, joined the BJP. The sudden shift has sparked a major political crisis and renewed questions over how India’s anti-defection law applies in cases of party switching. The move signals escalation at the highest constitutional level.
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