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It’s Official : Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan Accepts Merger Of 7 AAP MP’s With BJP ; Operation Lotus Booms
Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Sandeep Pathak, Vikramjit Sahney, Swati Maliwal, and Rajinder Gupta are the seven MPs who merged with the BJP. The Rajya Sabha website now shows that the seven MPs are part of the BJP list of members.
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Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan has officially accepted the merger of seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs with the BJP, reducing the strength of Arvind Kejriwal’s party in the Upper House to three.
After this transition, the BJP’s strength in the Upper House has increased to 113.
Key AAP MPs Merge With BJP
Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Sandeep Pathak, Vikramjit Sahney, Swati Maliwal, and Rajinder Gupta are the seven MPs who merged with the BJP. The Rajya Sabha website now shows that the seven MPs are part of the BJP list of members.
Of the total seven MPs representing Punjab in Rajya Sabha, six are with the BJP and only one remains with AAP.
Political Implications Of The Merger
In Delhi, of the total three MPs two now remain with the AAP and one with the BJP. Sanjay Singh and N D Gupta (both AAP) and Swati Maliwal (BJP) represent Delhi in Rajya Sabha.
The seven MPs petitioned the Rajya Sabha Chairman on Friday to be treated as BJP MPs after the merger, sources said, adding the petition has been accepted.