Vinay Kumar
NEW DELHI: Punjab Police have registered two FIRs against Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, who recently switched to the BJP from the Aam Aadmi Party, sources said.According to PTI, the cases were filed days after Pathak’s switch to BJP, though details of the charges have not been officially disclosed. The development comes amid heightened political tensions in Punjab following recent shifts in party alignments.
Pathak was among the seven Rajya Sabha MPs who had quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the BJP.On April 24, the AAP suffered a jolt when seven of its 10 Rajya Sabha MPs — Pathak, Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Rajendra Gupta, Vikramjit Sahney and Swati Maliwal — quit, alleging that Arvind Kejriwal’s party had strayed from its principles, values and core morals.Six of the seven MPs were from Punjab.Later, Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan officially accepted their merger with the BJP, reducing AAP’s strength in the Upper House to three.
