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Gaddar graffiti on walls, posters torn in protests after AAP MPs merge with BJP
Seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, led by Raghav Chadha, merged with the BJP. A day later, AAP workers staged protests, spraying 'gaddar' on walls and gates of the MPs’ residences and defacing a poster at Lovely Professional University in Phagwara.
Why It Matters
The event signals a political realignment in Punjab and shows the magnitude of backlash from AAP workers against MPs who joined the BJP.
Timeline
2 Events
Protests with graffiti against the MPs
April 25, 2026
AAP workers staged protests against former party leaders, spray-painting the term 'gaddar' on the outer walls and main gate of Harbhajan Singh's residence in Jalandhar and Sandeep Pathak's house in Ludhiana, and defacing Mittal's poster outside the Lovely Professional University campus in Phagwara. Slogans such as 'Punjab de Gaddar' were raised.
Seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs merge with BJP
April 24, 2026
Seven Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MPs, led by Raghav Chadha, merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party. The group includes Harbhajan Singh, Ashok Mittal and Sandeep Pathak among those who quit AAP.