AAP leaders Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The three leaders announced this at a press conference in New Delhi today.Chadha also claimed that two thirds of the AAP MPs had quit the party.”I was the right man in the wrong party,” he said.Chadha claimed that former cricketer and party leader Harbhajan Singh, Rajinder Gupta, Vikram Sahney and Swati Maliwal were also with them, taking the total MPs joining the BJP to seven.Related News: From 10 to 3: Now Sanjay Singh, ND Gupta, Seechewal hold fort for AAP after 7 join BJP”We are merging with the BJP. We have submitted papers to that effect with Rajya Sabha Secretariat,” he announced.The ED had raided Mittal’s premises, both official and residential, earlier this month.Earlier in the day, AAP’s Punjab unit accused the BJP of attempting to engineer a split within the party by creating an atmosphere of fear among its MPs through the Enforcement Directorate (ED).Also read: Sidelined and cornered: How and why AAP MPs took a sudden call to leaveAAP’s chief spokesperson Baltej Pannu alleged that senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha had been “used as a tool” in the alleged conspiracy. He claimed that Chadha was promised a ministerial berth at the Centre in return for helping the BJP weaken AAP in Punjab.Also read: ‘Operation Lotus’ a failed bid to destabilise Punjab Govt: Sanjay Singh after AAP MPs join BJPPannu directly accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of being involved in the alleged plot.


