“They Asked Me to Join Them, I Said No”: Seechewal slams 7 AAP MPs’ exit as ‘Betrayal’
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, April 26, 2026: Amid the ongoing political turmoil within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Rajya Sabha MP Balbir Singh Seechewal on Sunday claimed that he was approached by defecting MPs to join their proposed “Azaad group,” but he firmly declined.
According to Seechewal, fellow Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney, who is among the seven leaders who recently switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party, had contacted him with the proposal. However, Seechewal said he chose to stay with AAP, reiterating his commitment to the party.
Expressing strong disappointment over the development, he termed the mass exit of MPs as a “betrayal,” stating that the party had sent them to the Rajya Sabha to represent Punjab’s voice at the national level.
The crisis erupted after seven out of AAP’s ten Rajya Sabha MPs — including Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, Harbhajan Singh, Rajendra Gupta, Vikramjit Singh Sahney and Swati Maliwal — resigned and joined the BJP, alleging that AAP had drifted away from its core principles.