Chandigarh, April 24 -- In a seismic shift in Punjab's political landscape, seven of the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) ten Rajya Sabha members, led by senior leader Raghav Chadha, on Friday announced their decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann responded with an aggressive rebuttal, dismissing the defecting MPs as individuals who were never truly committed to the party's revolutionary ideology.
Branding them as political opportunists who were "not even fit to be village Sarpanches," Mann challenged the BJP to target him directly rather than his colleagues. "AAP is a party of revolutionary thought, not a platform for personal gain. If the BJP has the courage, they should raid my house," the Chief Mi...