AAP appoints Raghav Chadha party leader in Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: With Sanjay Singh in judicial custody in a money laundering case, the AAP has appointed Raghav Chadha as its floor leader in Rajya Sabha.

The party has written to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar regarding the change of guard in AAP's Rajya Sabha leadership in the absence of Singh, sources said. 

The 35-year-old MP is one of the youngest in Rajya Sabha. He is one of the ten MPs of AAP and was elected from Punjab in March 2022.

Chadha, a former Delhi MLA who resigned to become an MP, became the leader of AAP in less than two years of becoming a Parliamentarian.

He was also part of the team that propelled AAP's victory in Punjab and was later made co-incharge of the party in Gujarat ahead of Assembly elections.

A chartered accountant, Chadha was also appointed by the AAP government in Punjab as an advisor “overseeing” the conception and implementation of pro-people initiatives of the state administration and “advising” it on matters of finance. 

The appointment had attracted criticism that Chadha, who is close to party supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was being made the "super Chief Minister" above Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.