New Delhi, April 24 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs), Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak announced on 24 April that they are joining the BJP along with five other party MPs in the Upper House.

Chadha addressed a press confernece and said that seven out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs of AAP are set to merge with the BJP. "As per the Constitution, two-thirds of the total MPs of a party can merge with another party," Chadha said.

"We have submitted a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan in this regard today... submitting all the documents required, " he told reporters.

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