{"id":63046,"date":"2026-04-03T12:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=63046"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:25:15","slug":"afraid-of-modi-aap-takes-swipe-at-raghav-chadha-amid-internal-rift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/afraid-of-modi-aap-takes-swipe-at-raghav-chadha-amid-internal-rift\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAfraid of Modi?\u201d AAP takes swipe at Raghav Chadha amid internal rift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Internal dissent within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has come to the fore after party leaders publicly criticised Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha over his recent statements and video.<\/p>\n<p>AAP leader Anurag Dhanda said Chadha was no longer acting as a \u201csoldier\u201d of party chief Arvind Kejriwal and accused him of hesitating to speak strongly against the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are Kejriwal\u2019s soldiers. Fearlessness is our identity. If someone is afraid, how will they fight for the country?\u201d Dhanda said.<\/p>\n<p>He questioned Chadha\u2019s role in Parliament, alleging that limited speaking time allocated to the party was not used to raise key national issues.<\/p>\n<p>Dhanda also claimed that Chadha did not raise concerns over the arrest of AAP workers in Gujarat and refused to support a proposal related to alleged electoral issues in West Bengal.<\/p>\n<p>Echoing similar concerns, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj accused Chadha of focusing on \u201csoft PR\u201d instead of raising serious political matters in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>He said that with limited time available in the House, party MPs should prioritise critical issues, but Chadha had not been active in that role.<\/p>\n<p>The criticism comes shortly after Chadha reacted to his removal as AAP\u2019s deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha, indicating growing tensions within the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Internal dissent within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has come to the fore after party leaders publicly criticised Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha over his recent statements and video. 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