New Delhi: 2022, when Raghav Chadha When he entered the Lok Sabha as a newly elected AAP MP from Punjab, he expressed concerns about the way India’s anti-defection law worked in practice and its shortcomings.Introducing the Private Member’s Bill, he argued that the law failed to curb political shifts and instead made it easier for lawmakers to change their stance, calling it “an evil cross-border act by legislators who completely ignore the democratic will of their voters.”
He said he wanted to see elected lawmakers “prevent haggling” and believed strengthening the Tenth Schedule of the Indian constitution would remove “a stain on our democracy”.“Laws enacted to end the politics of defection currently facilitate defections,” he told the Bundestag at the time.A key part of his proposal is to raise the threshold for a group of lawmakers to defect without being disqualified. Under the current framework, this figure is two-thirds of party strength in the House of Representatives. Chadha recommends increasing this to three-quarters.However, the proposal was never put to a vote.In a major political development, Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha walked out of Parliament on Friday. am admi party (AAP) and join bjp (BJP). The move comes days after a public disagreement with the AAP leadership.Announcing his decision at a press conference, Chadha said the party had strayed from its founding principles. “The Aam Aadmi Party, which I cultivated with my blood and sweat and for which I dedicated 15 years of my youth, has now completely deviated from its principles, values and core morals. The party no longer works for the benefit of the state or nation, but for personal gain. “He added that his differences with the party had grown over time. “Many of you have been telling me this over the past few years and I personally feel that I am the right man in the wrong party. I repeat, ‘I am the right man in the wrong party.’ Therefore, today I am announcing my distance from the Aam Aadmi Party and reaching out to the people.”Chadha said that along with him, six BJP members including Swati Maliwal, Harbhajan Singh, Rajid Gupta, Vikram Sahni, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal have quit the party.The Lok Sabha MP said more than two-thirds of the party’s upper house members have decided to merge with the BJP as per constitutional provisions.
