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A time aft the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) removed Raghav Chadha arsenic the party’s lawman leader successful the Rajya Sabha, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann connected Friday (April 3, 2026) slammed the MP saying helium is “compromised”.
Mr. Mann said that Mr. Chadha went against the enactment enactment arsenic helium was unwilling to talk connected issues specified arsenic deletion of votes successful West Bengal oregon rise a dependable against the apprehension of AAP volunteers successful Gujarat.
“When we beryllium arsenic Opposition members successful Lok Sabha oregon Rajya Sabha, galore decisions are taken collectively, similar staging a walkout. But if anyone breaks the enactment enactment oregon does not obey, past it is against the whip. If you spell against the enactment whip, past enactment volition beryllium taken,” helium said.
On Mr. Chadha’s remark astir being “silenced”, Mr. Mann said that erstwhile the enactment takes a basal connected immoderate issue, similar successful Gujarat, wherever 160 AAP volunteers and leaders person been booked, and if idiosyncratic wishes to speak, determination are issues specified arsenic MSP and GST.
“But, if alternatively of speaking connected those, idiosyncratic raises issues of samosa rates, pizza delivery, won’t you uncertainty that the idiosyncratic (Mr. Chadha) is speaking from immoderate different station,” helium asked.
About Mr. Chadha being removed arsenic the party’s lawman person successful the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Mann said it was routine. “When I won elections for the archetypal clip (in 2014 from Sangrur Lok Sabha), Dr. (Dharamvira) Gandhi (then AAP MP present with the Congress) was made person of the party’s parliamentary board. Later, I besides served successful this capacity. So, the enactment keeps taking specified decisions,” Mr. Mann said.
The AAP has accused Mr. Chadha of shying distant from raising issues against the Centre successful Parliament and alternatively engaging successful “soft PR”. AAP nationalist media in-charge Anurag Dhanda questioned whether idiosyncratic who “fears” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tin combat for the country.
