New Delhi: The relationship between the Aam Aadmi Party and Raghav Chadha was already being discussed in political circles, but on Thursday, the party removed him from the post of deputy leader, making it clear that this was not just a rumour, but a real rift. Now, the party has written a letter to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, demanding that Raghav Chadha not be given time to speak from the AAP quota in the House. Experts say that the party did not take this decision in a moment, but rather that Raghav had been taking a different line from Kejriwal for a long time. Know in detail how the distance between the party and Raghav kept increasing.
For the past few months, there have been several indications that all is not well between the Aam Aadmi Party and Raghav Chadha. The most striking example of this was in late February, when the trial court acquitted several senior party leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, in the alleged liquor scam case. Events during that period only fueled these speculations.
The relationship between Raghav and party leaders is also being assessed in light of the lower court’s acquittal of several leaders, including Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, in the liquor policy case, which sparked a celebratory atmosphere within the party. Party leaders repeatedly attacked the BJP on X. Kejriwal was in tears while addressing the media. Sanjay Singh, Sisodia, and other leaders, along with Kejriwal, accused the BJP of conspiracy, but Raghav Chadha remained silent on that occasion. Forget about giving bytes to the media, he didn’t even tweet on X as a formality. His silence further fueled political debate.
Sources have revealed that a major reason for the growing distance between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Raghav Chadha was his style of functioning. There was unease within the party that in the Rajya Sabha, instead of prioritizing the party’s policies and agenda, he was focusing more on issues that would strengthen his personal image. The party began to feel that he was more preoccupied with building his own identity than serving as the voice of the organization. The situation reached such a point that Raghav Chadha, once Arvind Kejriwal’s most trusted strategist, gradually began distancing himself from the party. Even the party’s name, flag, and election symbol began disappearing from his posts and videos shared on the social media platform “X.” These signs made it clear that the distance between Chadha and AAP had grown significantly.
