India, May 2 -- Two FIRs have been registered against Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak in Punjab, days after he quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Pathak was among the seven Rajya Sabha MPs who recently left the AAP and merged with the BJP. The others include Raghav Chadha, Swati Maliwal, Rajinder Gupta, Vikramjit Sahney, Harbhajan Singh and Ashok Mittal.

Except for Maliwal, all are MPs from Punjab. Their collective exit significantly reduced AAP's Rajya Sabha strength from 10 to three, delivering a major setback to the party ahead of the Punjab elections.

The FIRs have triggered sharp reactions from the BJP, which has accused the AAP leadership of political retaliation.

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