AAP rift out in open: Raghav Chadha attacks leadership; party hits back

NEW DELHI: A time aft the Aam Aadmi Party removed Raghav Chadha arsenic its Rajya Sabha lawman leader, the MP launched a pointed onslaught connected the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, asserting that his soundlessness successful Parliament should not beryllium mistaken for defeat.Once seen arsenic a adjacent adjutant of Kejriwal, Chadha, without straight naming individuals, raised questions implicit the party’s precocious command, particularly aft AAP requested the Rajya Sabha Secretariat to not allot him speaking clip successful the House.Taking to societal media, Chadha shared a video clip changeable against the backdrop of the aged Parliament building, titled “Silenced, not defeated,” which helium described arsenic his “message to aam aadmi.”He said successful the video, "Whenever I get a accidental to talk successful the Parliament, I rise nationalist issues. And possibly I rise topics that are not usually raised successful the Parliament. But is raising nationalist issues a crime? Have I committed a crime? Have I made a mistake? Have I done thing wrong?""AAP has told the Rajya Sabha Secretariat that Raghav Chadha should beryllium stopped from speaking successful the Parliament. Yes, the AAP has informed the Parliament that Raghav Chadda should not beryllium fixed a accidental to talk successful the Parliament," helium added.

In caller years, the Punjab-elected Rajya Sabha subordinate had built a beardown nationalist illustration by consistently raising “public issues” successful Parliament, ranging from gig workers’ rights and rising mobile recharge costs to paternity permission and pricing of mundane products astatine airports.