'Silenced, not defeated': Raghav Chadha’s 1st response after AAP removes him as RS deputy leader

NEW DELHI: In his archetypal large reaction, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha connected Friday shared a video connection addressed to the “aam aadmi”, a time aft the enactment moved to region him arsenic its lawman person successful the Rajya Sabha. “Silenced, not defeated,” Chadha said successful the station connected X, adding: “I person been silenced, not defeated” and “My connection to the ‘aam aadmi’. "Is raising nationalist issues a crime? Have I made a mistake? Have I done thing wrong? Whenver I talk, I lone speech astir problems faced by communal people. Why would idiosyncratic halt maine from speaking and raising issues of nationalist interest,” helium said successful the video.He appealed to the wide nationalist to “stand by maine the mode you ever have.”

However, successful a veiled warning, helium said, “Don’t mistake my soundlessness for surrender. I’m a quiescent stream now, but I cognize however to emergence into a flood.” The video connection came hours aft Chadha connected Thursday posted a montage connected societal media highlighting issues helium said helium had raised successful his capableness arsenic lawman person of the enactment successful the House.The montage mentioned concerns specified arsenic the taxation load connected the mediate class, the information expiry problem, paternity permission arsenic a close successful India, and excess baggage charges astatine airports.

Earlier connected Thursday, the Aam Aadmi Party wrote to the Rajya Sabha secretariat seeking Chadha’s removal from the station and projected Punjab MP Ashok Mittal arsenic his replacement. According to sources, the missive besides stated that Chadha — a Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab — should not beryllium allotted clip for speaking successful the House from the party’s quota.