India, April 25 -- A day after crossing the floor to join the BJP, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has offered what he calls an explanation for the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) crushing defeat in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections: the row over a "Sheesh Mahal".

Chadha, who joined Delhi and Centre's ruling BJP on Friday along with six other AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, said the controversy over Arvind Kejriwal's official residence as chief minister was not merely a political embarrassment. He argued it eroded the moral credibility that the AAP had spent over a decade building.

"If there was one major reason for the Aam Aadmi Party's loss in the Delhi elections, the 'Sheesh Mahal' was one of the main reasons," Chadha said, adding that the row had "badly ...