In a big setback to Arvind Kejriwal, Raghav Chadha and six other Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MPs quit the party to merge with the BJP. After announcing the exit, Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal and Sandeep Pathak joined the BJP in the presence of party chief Nitin Nabin in Delhi. While the other four MPs, Harbhajan Singh, Swati Maliwal, Rajinder Gupta, Vikram Sahney, will join the BJP later. Meanwhile, the AAP has alleged the misuse of central agencies for the defections, while the BJP points to internal corruption. So, is the Aam Aadmi Party imploding? Has Arvind Kejriwal lost his grip over the party? Can the AAP survive this exodus in Punjab and beyond? Watch as panellists share their views on these and more on the show.
A 43-year-old man, Gurjeet Singh, has been rescued from a 400-foot-high BSNL tower in Punjab's Patiala district after a 560-day protest. He climbed the tower in October 2024, demanding stricter laws against the sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib.
A major political crisis has unfolded as seven out of ten Rajya Sabha members from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) quit the party to merge with the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Punjab elections.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, Yogendra Yadav, Co-founder of Swaraj India, slammed Raghav Chadha and other AAP Rajya Sabha MPs who quit the party to merge with the BJP, calling the move "very sad for democracy."
The United States has initiated its largest military build-up in West Asia since the Iraq War, deploying three aircraft carrier strike groups, nuclear submarines, and destroyers near the Strait of Hormuz.
