{"id":8067,"date":"2026-04-24T19:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/raghav-chadha-revolt-sweeps-7-of-10-aap-mps-in-rajya-sabha-the-3-who-stayed-with-arvind-kejriwal-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:32:17","slug":"raghav-chadha-revolt-sweeps-7-of-10-aap-mps-in-rajya-sabha-the-3-who-stayed-with-arvind-kejriwal-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/raghav-chadha-revolt-sweeps-7-of-10-aap-mps-in-rajya-sabha-the-3-who-stayed-with-arvind-kejriwal-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Raghav Chadha revolt sweeps 7 of 10 AAP MPs in Rajya Sabha: The 3 who stayed with Arvind Kejriwal | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130495687,imgsize-1291000,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"Raghav Chadha revolt sweeps 7 of 10 AAP MPs in Rajya Sabha: The 3 who stayed with Arvind Kejriwal\" title=\"Sanjay Singh, Sant Balbir Singh and ND Gupta (R)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Sanjay Singh, Sant Balbir Singh and ND Gupta (R)\">Sanjay Singh, Sant Balbir Singh and ND Gupta (R)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The rift within the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aam-aadmi-party\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Aam Aadmi Party<\/a> saw a major escalation on Friday as Raghav Chadha led a major exodus, resulting in seven AAP MPs joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. However, out of the party\u2019s total strength of 10 MPs, only three members have remained to voice AAP and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/arvind-kejriwal\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Arvind Kejriwal<\/a>\u2019s concerns.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The severe setback has significantly weakened AAP, leaving it with its leader in the House, Sanjay Singh, along with two others &#8212; ND Gupta and Balbir Singh Seechewal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Rajya Sabha leader Sanjay Singh has remained firmly aligned with Kejriwal\u2019s brand of politics during this crisis, lashing out at his now-estranged colleagues and terming them \u201ctraitors.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Singh said, \u201cOperation Lotus is being executed on the Punjab government&#8230; <!-- -->ED and CBI are being used to carry out this Operation Lotus&#8230; The people of Punjab will never forget these \u2018traitors\u2019&#8230;\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Raghav Chadha led the push that dealt a significant blow to the party\u2019s strength in Parliament. The party has now been reduced to just three members in the Rajya Sabha, taking its total tally in Parliament to six, including Lok Sabha members.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Sanjay Singh, also the party\u2019s spokesperson, has been a strong voice for AAP in Parliament. ND Gupta, a chartered accountant, is an octogenarian leader long associated with Kejriwal\u2019s politics.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal, an environmentalist and Sikh leader from Punjab, represents AAP in the Rajya Sabha.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/raghav-chadha-revolt-sweeps-7-of-10-aap-mps-in-rajya-sabha-the-3-who-stayed-with-arvind-kejriwal\/articleshow\/130495614.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanjay Singh, Sant Balbir Singh and ND Gupta (R) NEW DELHI: The rift within the Aam Aadmi Party saw a major escalation on Friday as Raghav Chadha led a major exodus, resulting in seven AAP MPs joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. However, out of the party\u2019s total strength of 10 MPs, only three members have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}