Malwinder Singh Kang called for a “better coordination of the party leadership with MLAs, ministers, MPs”. (File Photo)

3 min read Amritsar Apr 24, 2026 08:05 PM IST First published on: Apr 24, 2026 at 08:04 PM IST

The Aam Aadmi Party gave too much power to Raghav Chadha in Punjab and the leadership ‘ignored’ Sandeep Pathak for over a year, party chief spokesperson and Anandpur Sahib MP Malwinder Singh Kang told the Indian Express . As Chadha and Pathak, along with five other Rajya Sabha members defected to the BJP, Kang called for a “better coordination of the party leadership with MLAs, ministers, MPs”.

Excerpts from an interview

Q: Why did seven AAP Rajya Sabha members defect to the BJP?

Kang : First of all, when the party was giving Rajya Sabha tickets, it should have considered people from within the party — those who always stood firm irrespective of party’s electoral fortunes. The BJP uses every possible trick to break political parties, and they did the same here.…