On 24 April 2026, Raghav Chadha resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, citing that the party had drifted from its original ideals and that he felt sidelined after being removed from a key Rajya Sabha role; his exit came amid internal rifts with the leadership and was amplified by the fact that around 6–7 AAP Rajya Sabha MPs—Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, Swati Maliwal, Harbhajan Singh, Vikram Sahney, and Rajinder Gupta—also switched sides with him, potentially protecting them under the anti-defection law’s two-thirds rule, making it a major political setback for AAP while strengthening BJP’s position in Parliament, with AAP accusing BJP of orchestrating defections and BJP welcoming the move as a sign of growing support. #raghav Chadha