US EditionHarbhajan Singh's House Defaced with ‘Gaddar’ Graffiti as AAP Workers Protest MPs Joining BJP
AAP workers spray-painted 'Gaddar' on Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh's Jalandhar home to protest his and six others' merger with the BJP, accusing them of betrayal.
- On Saturday, Aam Aadmi Party workers launched protests across Punjab against seven Rajya Sabha MPs who defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party , defacing residences and accusing the group of betrayal.
- Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha announced on Friday that he, Harbhajan Singh, and five others merged with the BJP, utilizing the Constitution's two-thirds majority rule to retain parliamentary seats while bypassing the Anti-Defection Law.
- In Jalandhar and Ludhiana, activists spray-painted "Gaddar" on the residences of Singh and Sandeep Pathak, while also defacing advertisement posters of Ashok Mittal outside Lovely Professional University campus in Phagwara.
- Defending the split, Chadha alleged the AAP had become "corrupt and compromised," while senior leader Sanjay Singh denounced the move as a BJP-engineered "Operation Lotus" utilizing central agencies.
- The mass exit marks a significant crisis for the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, with Kejriwal alleging the BJP has again "betrayed the Punjabis," as authorities increase security around the defecting MPs' residences.
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AAP workers write 'Gaddar', burn effigy outside Rajya Sabha MP Rajinder Gupta's house after he joins BJP
Aam Aadmi Party workers protested outside Rajya Sabha MP Rajinder Gupta's Ludhiana residence, defacing walls and burning his effigy after he joined the BJP. This follows AAP MP Raghav Chadha's announcement of a split, citing the party's deviation from principles. Chadha claimed over two-thirds ...
Punjab AAP workers write 'Gaddar' in front of Harbhajan Singh's house
Chandigarh: AAP workers on Saturday held protests outside the residences of Rajya Sabha MPs Harbhajan Singh, Ashok Mittal and Rajinder Gupta, who quit the party and joined the BJP. The workers wrote ‘Gaddar’ (traitor) on the boundary walls of their houses with spray paint in Ludhiana and Jalandhar. On Friday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha members Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak announced that they were quitting the party and joining the BJP…
'Gaddar' sprayed on walls of Harbhajan Singh's house day after BJP switch
In a major setback to the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Friday announced his exit after 15 years and said he would join the BJP along with six other parliamentarians. The move came weeks after he was removed as AAP’s Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha, triggering a rift within the party.
A political storm has erupted in Punjab over the Rajya Sabha MPs who defected from the Aam Aadmi Party to the BJP. Protests erupted outside Harbhajan Singh's house, with the words "traitor of Punjab" written on them. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, calling the defectors traitors, accused the BJP of using fear, greed, and pressure to break the party. He said the BJP was pursuing a strategy to weaken regional parties. Mann claimed that the departure…
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