Sanjay Raut calls BJP 'Bakasura' after Raghav Chadha, AAP MPs join

Sanjay Raut slammed AAP's Raghav Chadha for joining the BJP, calling the saffron party 'shameless' and comparing it to the mythical demon Bakasura. Raut said the defectors joined a 'party of goons' and will realize they have entered 'hell'.

Raut calls BJP 'shameless', a party of 'Bakasuras'

Shiv Sena (UBT) RS MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Raghav Chadha and two other AAP MPs who joined the BJP, calling the saffron party "shameless" and comparing it to the mythical demon Bakasura whose hunger is never satiated. Raut said the defectors have joined a "party of goons and corrupt people" and termed them Page 3 leaders who will soon realise they have entered "hell".

Addressing a press conference, Raut said,"Everyone knows the politics the BJP is playing. Their politics is a single word, we call it shameless. They have no shame. Because these people, like Raghav Chadha, who was also our friend, until yesterday, openly said that the BJP is a party of goons, a party of thugs and corrupt people. All of them have joined the party of goons and corrupt people in wholesale... There's a demon in the Mahabharata. His name is Bakasura. His hunger is never satiated, his stomach is never full." He added, "BJP has become a party of Bakasuras. They eat anything... Seven people like Raghav Chadha have joined that hell party. We have no regrets about that. They will soon realize what hell is like... The opposition will never weaken. These six or seven people who have left are not public figures. They are Page 3 leaders on social media, at most."

Major setback for AAP as 3 MPs join BJP

The comments came after the Aam Aadmi Party suffered a major setback after its Rajya Sabha MPs, including Raghav Chadha, who was removed as the party's deputy leader in Rajya Sabha earlier, joined the rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday.

While addressing a presser in the national capital on Friday, Chadha formalised a split that had been building for weeks, announcing that two-thirds of the party's Upper House members would merge with the BJP. The trio MPs -- Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal -- announced a split in the party and joined the BJP later in the presence of party chief Nitin Nabin, who welcomed the decision.

BJP welcomes defectors with open arms

The move triggered furious reactions from AAP leaders while drawing a warm welcome from the BJP. The BJP welcomed the split with open arms and turned it into an attack against Kejriwal as Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said the move was natural.

Nitin Nabin extends wishes on X

Furthermore, BJP National President Nitin Nabin also welcomed the Rajya Sabha MPs at the BJP Headquarters in Delhi after they joined the Bhartiya Janata Party. Taking it to X, Nabin on Friday extended warm wishes to all seven Members of the Parliament, encouraging them to work towards achieving the goal of "Viksit Bharat by 2047." (ANI)

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