New Delhi, April 25 -- Congress SC Department Chairman Rajendra Pal Gautam on Saturday claimed the BJP and AAP might merge in future due to their "similar" ideology.

His remarks follow AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha's announcement on Friday that two-thirds of the party's MPs were merging with the BJP. After that, Chadha and two others formally joined the ruling party.

Gautam, who previously served as an MLA under the AAP government in Delhi, asserted that the merger was inevitable, as both parties share a foundational ideology rooted in the RSS, stating, "Both parties have similar thoughts. There is no difference between them. Sooner or later, they will become one," Gautam told ANI.

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