Kamal Ghorui
NEW DELHI: AAP leader Raghav Chadha made a cryptic statement after his removal as deputy leader in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.Sharing a video highlights of his speeches in the upper House, Chadha responded on X with an “Nazar (evil) amulet”. He did not say anything else on social media on the matter or share any words publiclyThis came as rumours became strife on the internal rift between Raghav Chadha and the AAP high command after the party on Thursday replaced him with Ashok Mittal as its deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha. In a letter to the Rajya Sabha secretariat, AAP requested that Chadha not be allotted speaking time from the party’s quota in the Upper House.
According to reports, Chadha was sidelined over alleged indiscipline and for not strictly adhering to the party line. Notably, Chadha remained silent following the recent discharge of Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in the liquor excise policy-linked money laundering case. He was also absent from the party office when Kejriwal later addressed a press conference.Read more: Raghav Chadha sidelined? AAP’s Rajya Sabha shuffle triggers rumours; what went wrongEarlier, during Kejriwal’s arrest in connection with the liquor policy case ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chadha did not issue any statement, citing recovery from eye surgery in the UK.Meanwhile, the new deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha, Ashok Mittal, described Chadha’s removal as a normal party process, saying there were no specific reasons behind it.
