Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal joined the BJP after quitting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday. The three joined the party in presence of BJP National President Nitin Nabin at the party headquarters. In a press conference, Chadha had said that he and six other leaders were quitting AAP.

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The Aam Aadmi Party has responded after Raghav Chadha and six other leaders quit the party on Friday. AAP leader Sanjay Singh said, "BJP carried out Operation Lotus under the guidance of PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah." While mentioning the recent ED raid on Ashok Mittal, who also quit AAP, Singh said this was done at "knife-point".

While announcing his resignation from AAP, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said, "There are 10 AAP MPs in the Rajya Sabha, more than 2/3rd of them are with us to merge with BJP." The MPs who have quit AAP for BJP include former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, Swati Maliwal, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, Rajinder Gupta and Vikram Sahney.

Sensex ended 999 points lower on Friday, below 76,700, after weaker-than-expected growth guidance by IT firms dragged their shares lower. Nifty also ended the day in the red, as it closed over 275 points lower near 23,900. The sell-off in Sensex wiped off investor wealth worth ₹4,47,044 crore as the combined m-cap of BSE-listed firms fell to ₹461,65,759.53 crore.