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The statement comes a day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced that it has written to the Rajya Sabha secretariat seeking the removal of Raghav Chadha as its deputy leader in the Upper House.
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha during the second part of the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, March 30, 2026. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)(PTI03_30_2026_000167B)(PTI)Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha on Friday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party for ‘blocking’ him from speaking in the Parliament.
The video statement comes a day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced that it has written to the Rajya Sabha secretariat seeking the removal of Raghav Chadha as its deputy leader in the Upper House.
Chadha, who has been a Rajya Sabha MP since 2022, has been replaced by Ashok Mittal, another party MP from Punjab and the founder and chancellor of Lovely Professional University
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Hours after his replacement, amid speculation about his alleged differences with the party’s top leadership, Chadha took to social media and posted snippets from his speeches in the upper house of parliament.
Chadha has remained an active parliamentary voice, frequently raising social and economic issues.
Last month, the AAP MP highlighted concerns about the practice of “sarpanch pati” or “panchayat pati”, in which women elected to reserved seats are often reduced to figureheads while male relatives exercise authority. He called for stricter enforcement of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment to ensure genuine empowerment.
Once a close confidante of Arvind Kejriwal, Chadha has not reportedly been on good terms with the AAP leadership of late. Some reports suggested he was on the way to joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, though there has not been any official word on this.
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