Chandigarh, April 24 -- Lambasting the seven AAP lawmakers, including Raghav Chadha, who switched sides to the BJP on Friday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann dismissed the defecting MPs as "traitors" and declared that they were "not even fit to be village Sarpanches."In a massive political realignment that has shaken the foundations of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, seven of its Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament, spearheaded by senior leader Raghav Chadha, announced their decision to defect to the BJP.
During a press conference in Delhi, Chadha, flanked by party colleagues Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal, declared that two-thirds of the party's Rajya Sabha contingent, totaling seven MPs, has opted to merge with the BJP. Invoking ...