The MPs left AAP before ArvindKejriwal could pacify them

ArvindKejriwal wanted to pacify AAP MPs, but they quit the party before meeting him, sources said.

AamAadmi Party (AAP) recently suffered a jolt after seven of its MPs, including Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak, quit the party.AAP Chief ArvindKejriwal promised to give tickets to at least five of the six leaders in the next term, provided they quit now if they are not happy in the party due to any reason, people with direct knowledge of the matter told a leading portal.

ArvindKejriwal called AAP MPs for discussions, but the meeting never happened.

Kejriwal, as per sources, had called the AAP MPs to his house on Friday evening to discuss the matter. However, the meeting never happened as the MPs announced their exit on Friday. The inside details came on the day the AAP suffered a jolt after seven of its MPs exited the party, including Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, and Sandeep Pathak, with Chadha saying all of them had merged with the BJP. He alleged that AAP had strayed from its principles and values. Harbhajan Singh, Rajinder Gupta, VikramSahni and Swati Maliwalare the other four MPs who left the AAP. According to sources, the former Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal told the MPs that if “you have any apprehension, you should resign from your posts and you will be given tickets again in the next term.” Kejriwal didn’t know the MPs had already made up their mind as early as Thursday morning to leave the AAP and join the BJP.

Kejriwal moved to a new house after a year of living in Mittal’s house.

It was only on Friday that Kejriwal moved to a new house after a year of living in Ashok Mittal’s house. However, Mittal too left AAP and joined the BJP. The BJP gave a warm welcome to the MPs as party president Nitin Nabin offered them traditional sweets. AAP leaders accused the BJP of launching “Operation Lotus” to poach MPs and of allegedly conspiring to stop the AAP government’s good work in Punjab. Chadha told reporters that the seven MPs had merged with the BJP as the AAP was no longer honouring its founding principles.

Referring to the party’s strength of 10 MPs, Raghav Chadha said, “The AAP that I nurtured with my blood and sweat and to which I gave 15 years of my youth has completely strayed from its principles, values and core morals,” he said. “As per the Constitution, two-thirds of the total MPs of a party can merge with another party.” He added, “They have already signed, and this morning we submitted all the required documentation, including signed letters and other formal paperwork, to the chairman of the Rajya Sabha.”