CHANDIGARH: Adding fuel to the already widening rift in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Saturday alleged that party MP Raghav Chadha, who was replaced by Ashok Mittal as Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha, "betrayed" the people of the state by not raising related issues in the house.
Reiterating Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's allegation, Cheema also said that the MP "was compromised".
Chadha was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab, but according to Cheema, "he (Chadha) did not raise a single issue in Parliament regarding the GST revenue losses or the financial losses suffered by the state."
"When the flood occurred in Punjab and the BJP's top leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, visited and announced financial aid, not a single rupee reached the banks. Even when we urged him to raise this issue before the Prime Minister, he remained silent. He betrayed the people of Punjab, " Cheema told IANS.