The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has submitted a petition to the Rajya Sabha chairman seeking the disqualification of its seven MPs who quit the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The petition challenges the 'purported merger' under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution and seeks the disqualification of the MPs under its paragraph 2(1)(a).
AAP's leader in the Rajya Sabha, Sanjay Singh, said the party has requested the RS Chairman to terminate the membership of the seven lawmakers under the provisions of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.
The seven MPs who quit the AAP are Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, Rajinder Gupta, Vikram Sahney, Harbhajan Singh, and Swati Maliwal.
Singh alleged that the BJP has 'perfected' the 'politics of defections' by using central agencies to intimidate opposition leaders before inducting them into its ranks.
The AAP will continue to pursue the legal battle and uphold constitutional provisions, Singh added.
