AAP senior chief and Member of Rajya Sabha, Raghav Chadha. File.
| Photograph Credit score: Sansad TV through PTI
The Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) on Thursday (April 2, 2026) submitted a letter to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat to nominate MP Ashok Mittal as Deputy Chief of the occasion within the Rajya Sabha, changing MP Raghav Chadha, in keeping with occasion sources.
Based on sources quoted by PTI, the letter additionally states that Mr. Chadha — who can be a Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab — shouldn’t be allotted time for talking within the Home from the AAP’s quota.
The transfer comes amid Mr. Chadha’s extended silence on issues associated to the AAP, and his absence from a number of public occasions led by AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal. As soon as thought of an in depth confidant of Mr. Kejriwal and among the many youngest MPs within the nation, Mr. Chadha had performed a key position in occasion affairs, significantly in Punjab and through the AAP’s tenure in Delhi.
Social gathering leaders claimed Mr. Chadha has been more and more sidelined from political campaigns and organisational issues of the occasion in different States, though he has been vocal inside and outdoors Parliament, elevating points similar to excessive airfares and the situation of gig employees.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Mittal mentioned the occasion’s nationwide convener has entrusted him with the position of AAP’s deputy chief within the Rajya Sabha, and he’ll discharge his duties sincerely and current each the occasion’s stance and nationwide pursuits forcefully within the Home.
Downplaying the change, he termed it a routine course of, noting that earlier N.D. Gupta was the deputy chief of the occasion within the Higher Home, after which Mr. Chadha was given the duty.
“Now, I’ve been given this position. Our occasion needs all MPs to be taught, and possibly in that context, I’ve been given this position in order that I can be taught the processes and administrative expertise in politics,” he mentioned, including that the occasion stays sturdy.
The AAP presently has 10 members within the Rajya Sabha, together with seven from Punjab and three from Delhi.
(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
Revealed – April 02, 2026 02:40 pm IST
