India, April 27 -- The Aam Aadmi Party's AAP Lok Sabha MP from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib, Malvinder Singh Kang, on Monday slammed seven Rajya Sabha MPs of the party who have defected to the BJP, and took an indirect dig at the party's former deputy leader in the Upper House, Ashok Kumar Mittal.

Kang accused all seven MPs of "betraying" AAP, the party that "gave them a lot of respect".

"They joined the political party which always tries to divide society," he alleged while speaking to reporters.

Kang said the seven MPs - six of whom were elected from Punjab by MLAs - joined the BJP for their "personal interests".

He also took a dig at Jalandhar's Lovely Professional University owner Ashok Kumar Mittal without naming him, saying "some of ...