New Delhi, April 24 --  In a massive jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday, April 24, seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs, including Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal, quit the party and announced their decision to merge with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Addressing a press conference, Chadha, flanked by Pathak and Mittal, said that more than two-thirds of AAP's Rajya Sabha MPs have quit the party. "We, two-thirds of the Members of Parliament belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party in the Rajya Sabha, will exercise the provisions of the Constitution of India and merge with the BJP," he said.

Chadha added that MPs Harbhajan Singh and Swati Maliwal are also quitting the AAP. "They have already signed, and this morning we sub...