New Delhi, April 25 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered its most devastating parliamentary blow yet on Friday as seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs, including former party loyalist Swati Maliwal and one-time deputy leader Raghav Chadha, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party - with Maliwal delivering a searing public attack on AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of orchestrating physical assault against her, suppressing her voice in Parliament, and running a party defined by "corruption and gundagardi."

Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday, delivering a blistering public indictment of her former party chief Arvind Kejriwal as she announced her departure from the Aam Aadmi Party. Her allegation...