New Delhi, April 25 -- A day after seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs left the party to join the BJP, senior leader Sanjay Singh on Saturday said his party would write to the Rajya Sabha Chairman seeking their disqualification from the Upper House. "Anti-defection law clearly states that no split or faction is permitted in the Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha. Such actions carry no legal recognition, even if backed by a two-thirds majority," Singh said.
Meanwhile, defecting AAP MP Swati Maliwal alleged that the party had "strayed far" from its original principles and that its leader, Arvind Kejriwal, is no longer the same person. Praising the "decisive and strong leadership" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maliwal said, "I left my home, lived in slums for...