India, May 6 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann met President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday, seeking termination of membership of six of the seven Rajya Sabha members who recently quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the BJP, calling the move a "mockery" of the Constitution.

Mann, accompanied by party MLAs to the capital, submitted a representation signed by them, urging action against the MPs elected from Punjab. Seven MPs, including Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Kumar Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Rajinder Gupta, Vikramjit Singh Sahney and Swati Maliwal, switched to the BJP on April 24, constituting two-thirds of AAP's strength in the Upper House. Six of these seven MPs are from Punjab while Maliwal is from Delhi.

While Mann me...