Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Friday made a pointed intervention in the Rajya Sabha, taking an indirect dig at his own party leadership amid an ongoing internal rift that has played out in public over the past fortnight.Speaking during the House proceedings to felicitate Harivansh Narayan Singh on his unopposed re-election as Deputy Chairman for a third term, Chadha remarked that key leaders from his party were missing from the chamber. He noted that the party’s leader in the House, widely understood to be Sanjay Singh, was not present, and neither was the newly appointed deputy leader Ashok Kumar Mittal.In a pointed line, Chadha said he himself, recently removed from the deputy leader’s post, was present and grateful for the opportunity to speak, drawing laughter in the House.He said, in a lighter tone, that he hoped his future interactions with the Chair would be more “cordial” and that he might be allowed a little extra speaking time going ahead.Chadha also praised the functioning of the House under the current presiding officer, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan, and said more members were now being given opportunities to speak compared to earlier sessions. He observed that participation during Zero Hour had expanded significantly, allowing a larger number of MPs to raise issues.The remarks come against the backdrop of a widening internal discord within the AAP. Earlier this month, the party formally replaced Chadha as its deputy leader in the Upper House, naming Mittal in his place through a communication to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat dated April 2.Since then, Chadha has found himself at odds with sections of his own party, with some colleagues publicly questioning his position and alleging proximity to the ruling BJP.Despite the tensions, Chadha appeared composed in the House and even briefly referred to a book on the “laws of power” during his remarks, an apparent signal amid the ongoing political churn.The AAP currently has 10 members in the Rajya Sabha, including seven from Punjab and three from Delhi, while its strength in the Lok Sabha stands at three MPs, all elected from Punjab.