New Delhi: Fissures within am admi party The situation escalated significantly on Friday when Raghav Chadha led a mass exodus that led to seven AAP MPs joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. However, out of the total 10 MPs of the party, only three members remained to speak out for AAP and AAP. Arvind Kejriwalworries.The severe setback significantly weakened the AAP, losing its leader in the House Sanjay Singh and two other MPs – ND Gupta and Balbir Singh Seechewal.
Amid the crisis, Rajya Sabha leader Sanjay Singh has remained firmly aligned with Kejriwal’s politics, lashing out at his now estranged colleagues, calling them “traitors”.Singh said: “Operation Lotus is being carried out against the Punjab government… ED and CBI were used to carry out Operation Lotus…People of Punjab will never forget these ‘traitors’…”The move, led by Raghav Chadha, dealt a major blow to the party’s strength in the Assembly. The party has now reduced its number of members in the House of Federation to just three, bringing its total number in parliament to six, including members of the House of Commons.Party spokesperson Sanjay Singh has been a strong voice of AAP in Parliament. ND Gupta is a chartered accountant and an octogenarian leader who has long been associated with Kejriwal’s politics.Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal is an environmentalist and Sikh leader from Punjab who represents AAP in the Union House.
