Overview
- Chadha, speaking Friday during a felicitation for Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, noted that AAP’s leader and its new deputy leader were missing as he introduced himself as the “recently removed” deputy leader.
- AAP had formally replaced Chadha on April 2 by naming Punjab MP Ashok Mittal as deputy leader in a letter to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, a change that affects who speaks for the party during scarce time slots.
- Searches by the Enforcement Directorate on April 15 targeted premises linked to Mittal and institutions promoted by his family under the foreign-exchange law FEMA.
- Senior AAP figures have accused Chadha of being “compromised” and of raising soft, low-stakes issues in Parliament, which he rejects as a scripted attack while challenging critics to cite any instance where he broke with Opposition actions.
- Chadha’s security has been recalibrated, with the Punjab government withdrawing his Z-plus cover and the Centre assigning Z-category protection, adding a personal and political edge to the feud.