Overview
- AAP, which wrote to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat on Thursday, replaced Chadha with Punjab MP Ashok Mittal and asked that Chadha not receive speaking time from the party’s allotment.
- Party‑quota speaking time is the slice of floor time parties assign to their own MPs, so withholding it is a concrete way for leaders to manage who gets heard in the House.
- Following Thursday’s letter, Chadha posted a video on Friday saying he was “silenced, not defeated” and alleging the party sought to stop him from speaking in Parliament.
- On Saturday he released a second video rebutting specific charges, denying that he skipped Opposition walkouts, refused to sign an impeachment move, or raised only trivial issues, and he challenged colleagues to show proof.
- Senior AAP figures publicly defended the shake‑up and said Chadha avoided hard fights with the Modi government, while BJP and Congress leaders cited the episode as proof of a deep rift that could matter in Punjab, where most of AAP’s 10 Rajya Sabha MPs were elected.