Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) landed its biggest blow to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Admi Party (AAP). On 24th April 2026, 7 Members of Parliament (MPs) quit AAP. As per the Constitution, the group of 7 MPs, comprising more than two-thirds of the total of 10 AAP MPs in Rajya Sabha, switched allegiance to the BJP.

The 7 former AAP MPs are big guns in their own rights. They submitted the requisite papers to the Rajya Sabha chairman to quit the APP and change parties. The 7 MPs formally joined the BJP, received by party president Nitin Nabin at the headquarters in Delhi.

The star lineup of former AAP MPs that quit includes Raghav Chadha, married to Bollywood star Parineeti Chopra; world-famous cricketer Harbhajan Singh; industrialist Vikram Sawhney; Swati Maliwal; Ashok Mittal; Sandeep Pathak; and Rajinder Gupta.

Chadha was recently ousted by the AAP as its deputy leader in Rajya Sabha and humiliated in a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman saying he could not even speak on behalf of the party.

Chadha told the media that for some time he felt like 'the right man in the wrong party'.

Chadha said he had nurtured the party with his blood and sweat and gave it 15 years of youth. But the party has deviated from its principles, values and core morals. Now the party does not work in the national interest but for its personal benefits. He did not name but alluded to Kejriwal and his close aides in AAP.

Recently, Chadha did not raise AAP’s core agenda in Parliament. He brought up public-interest issues such as menstrual hygiene and health, paid paternity leave, high food prices at airports and worsening traffic conditions in major Indian cities.

Arvind Kejriwal reacted to the resignations, saying, quote, “BJP has once again given Punjabis a shove," end quote. 

AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the Aam Aadmi Party had made Chadha and others MPs from MLAS. He alleged that the MPs used APP and were now crossing over to the BJP.