India, April 25 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers took to the streets on Saturday to protest former cricketer Harbhajan Singh and educationist Ashok Mittal following their defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday. The two were among seven Rajya Sabha members-including Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak-who severed ties with the AAP in a move that effectively handed over two-thirds of the party's Upper House strength to the BJP.

In a display of public outrage, protesters spray-painted the word 'Gaddar (traitor)' on the walls of Harbhajan Singh's Jalandhar residence. Simultaneously, derogatory remarks were painted on the main gate of the Lovely Professional University (LPU) campus in Phagwara, owned by Mittal. The demonstration...