Raghav Chadha arrives at Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet President Murmu

NEW DELHI: BJP Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha, who recently switched from the AAP, arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday morning to discuss concerns with President Droupadi Murmu regarding the alleged misuse of state resources by the AAP-led government in Punjab.

Chadha, along with three other Rajya Sabha members, is anticipated to file a complaint alleging discriminatory actions against leaders who transitioned from AAP to the BJP.

The meeting is planned before a separate discussion between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the President later that same day.

Chadha has claimed that the Punjab government is participating in a "political vendetta" by allegedly utilising police and administrative resources to target MPs who recently left AAP to join the BJP.

He is likely to emphasise specific instances of legal action, including police cases against some of the defectors, asserting that these actions are retaliatory in nature.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann will meet President Droupadi Murmu to raise the issue of what he described as "illegal" and "unlawful defection" by seven Rajya Sabha MPs, including six from Punjab, while asserting that such "actions amount to a betrayal of the people's mandate".

As of April 2026, seven Rajya Sabha MPs, Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, Harbhajan Singh, Vikram Sahney, Swati Maliwal and Rajinder Gupta, have defected from the Aam Aadmi Party to the Bharatiya Janata Party, dealing a major blow to the AAP as its strength in the Upper House plunged from 10 to just 3.