Raghav Chadha, Two Other AAP MPs Join BJP. Will Remaining Four Follow Suit?

Last Updated:April 24, 2026, 19:56 IST

While three MPs, including Raghav Chadha, joined the BJP, four others have not announced their decision yet.

Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal on Friday left the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Chadha said that two-thirds of the AAP’s Rajya Sabha MPs have quit the party and will join the BJP as a faction.

Chadha said six other party leaders, including Ashok Mittal, Swati Maliwal, Harbhajan Singh, Sandeep Pathak, Vikram Sahney, and Rajinder Gupta, also resigned from AAP. Hours after the press conference, Chadha, Pathak and Mittal went to the BJP headquarters in New Delhi and joined the ruling party.

Interesting, Mittal was appointed as the deputy leader of AAP in the Rajya Sabha, replacing Chadha.

Hitting out at Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, Chadha said that the party is no longer working for the country, but for its own benefit.

“Over the past few years, I have increasingly felt that I am the right person in the wrong party. Today, I announce my decision to move away from AAP and work more closely with the ‘janata’ (public)," he said.

Another Rajya Sabha MP, Sandeep Pathak, said that he had never thought that this situation would arise, but it has.

Will Remaining Four AAP MPs Join BJP?

After Chadha’s announcement, Swati Maliwal made a post on X and said she is leaving the AAP. She said she was in Itanagar for a parliamentary committee meeting and will speak in detail on this matter after returning to Delhi tonight.

Vikram Sahney said he believes that he will be able to serve Punjab and its people with greater dedication and effectiveness with the support of the Centre as part of the BJP.

Rajinder Gupta and former cricketer Harbhajan Singh have not issued any statement on social media or spoken to reporters so far regarding the speculation around their possible move to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

AAP Seeks RS Membership Cancellation Of Raghav Chadha, 2 Others

AAP MP Sanjay Singh has said that he will submit a letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman, demanding the disqualification of Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, and Sandeep Pathak from Rajya Sabha membership for joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The exodus of AAP MPs comes a year ahead of assembly elections in Punjab, where Kejriwal-led party registered a landslide victory in 2022.

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