Chandigarh, April 3 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday launched a pointed critique against his party colleague and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, suggesting that the leader had been operating under external pressure and failing to represent the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) core interests.

Addressing the media regarding Chadha's recent removal from the post of Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha, Mann stated that the parliamentarian's recent conduct was inconsistent with the party's established stance on critical national and regional issues.

The Chief Minister emphasised that while the party was united on matters of grave importance such as the disenfranchisement of voters, the creation of fraudulent voter lists, and the incite...