NEW DELHI, APR 27 : Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan officially accepted the merger of seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs with the BJP on Monday, reducing AAP’s strength in the Upper House to just three while boosting BJP’s tally to 113.
The MPs—Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Sandeep Pathak, Vikramjit Sahney, Swati Maliwal, and Rajinder Gupta—petitioned for the switch on Friday, citing AAP’s deviation from its core principles. The Rajya Sabha website now lists them under BJP.
AAP countered with a Sunday petition from MP Sanjay Singh seeking their disqualification, but the Chairman approved the merger.
