Raghav Chadha Quits AAP, Joins BJP Amid Claims of Six More Rajya Sabha Defectors

AAP's most prominent Rajya Sabha MP — husband to actor Parineeti Chopra and the party's national face — defected to the BJP months before the 2027 Punjab elections, claiming six other AAP MPs will follow. The angle: this is less about Chadha and more about whether the BJP is industrializing defection as a pre-election tool the way it did in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Lead with the six-MP claim (if confirmed, it collapses AAP's Upper House presence) and what it signals about the 2027 Punjab contest.