Action will be taken against rebel AAP MPs including Raghav Chadha! Sanjay Singh said – will write a letter to the Chairman to take action under anti-defection law
There is an earthquake within the Aam Aadmi Party. Rebel MPs of Aam Aadmi Party including Raghav Chadha reached BJP headquarters and met party president Nitin Naveen and took membership of BJP. Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal were also present with Raghav during this period. Nitin Nabin got these rebel leaders of AAP party membership and welcomed them into the party by feeding them sweets. It is noteworthy that apart from Raghav Chadda, two-thirds of the Aam Aadmi Party MPs also changed sides on Friday. Everyone claimed that they had merged with BJP under the Tenth Schedule. But now AAP MP Sanjay Singh has said that his party is preparing to take action against its rebel MPs under the anti-defection law.
Sanjay Singh said- I will present the letter to the Chairman
It is important to note that once a person is elected to the Rajya Sabha, his membership is protected under the Constitution. No party can directly remove an MP, but he can be disqualified under anti-defection provisions. Now AAP is preparing to take action against its rebel MPs under this. While posting, Sanjay Singh wrote that, I will submit a letter to the Honorable Rajya Sabha Chairman, in which there will be a demand to disqualify Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal and Sandeep Pathak from the membership of Rajya Sabha for joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), because it is tantamount to voluntarily giving up the membership of their party under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.
4 MPs have not yet approved Chadha’s claim
Chadha claimed that Harbhajan Singh, Rajinder Gupta, Vikram Sahni and Swati Maliwal are also likely to join the move. However, most of the remaining MPs have not made any announcement yet. Out of the total 10 Rajya Sabha MPs of AAP, to save their membership, at least two-thirds (seven) of the MPs are required to support the merger with another party. Of these 10 MPs, three were from Delhi and seven from Punjab. Among the seven names listed by Chadha, Maliwal is the only MP from Delhi and the remaining six are from Punjab.
What did Raghav Chadha claim?
Making the announcement, Chadha said that AAP has 10 MPs in the Rajya Sabha and more than two-thirds of them are with us. He has signed and this morning we handed over the signed letter and documents to the Chairman of Rajya Sabha. It is important to note that the final decision rests with the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
How did Raghav Chadha defect?
Paragraph 2 of the Tenth Schedule provides that if a member voluntarily gives up the membership of his political party or votes against the party whip, he will be disqualified on the ground of defection.
However, paragraph 4 of the same text states that disqualification on the grounds of defection will not apply in case of merger if at least two-thirds of the members of the legislative party concerned agree to the merger.
What allegations did Raghav Chadha make before leaving you?
As it was reported earlier this month, both Chadha and Maliwal were already speaking against AAP, but the decision of the other MPs was shocking. Taking his point further, Chadha said on Friday that he had distanced himself from the party’s activities because he did not want to be a part of their crimes.
During the PC, he said, “I was not worthy of his friendship, because I was not involved in his crimes. We had only two options, either leave politics and give up the public interest work I have done in the last 15-16 years or do positive politics with all our energy and experience. Therefore, we have decided that we, that is, two-thirds of your members in the Rajya Sabha, will merge ourselves with the BJP using the provisions of the Constitution of India.”
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