Raghav Chadha Replies to AAP: Refutes All Three Allegations, Says 'Every Lie Will Be Answered'
Raghav Chadha Replies to AAP: Refutes All Three Allegations, Says ‘Every Lie Will Be Answered’
North Desk Bureau
Chandigarh, April 4
The controversy between Aam Aadmi Party and the party’s Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha carries on [This is a developing story. Previous Story: AAP Removes Raghav Chadha as Deputy Leader — Full Explainer] . On Saturday, Raghav Chadha released a fresh video where in a direct, detailed counter-attack, he has described what he called is a “scripted, coordinated campaign” against him and systematically dismantling each of the three allegations AAP has used to justify stripping him of his Rajya Sabha role and speaking rights.
He ended with a line borrowed from the recently released film Dhurandhar: “Ghayal hoon, isliye ghatak.” Wounded — therefore, dangerous.
Q. What are the three allegations AAP made against Chadha?
He points out that AAP has cited three specific charges to justify its decision to remove Chadha as Deputy Leader and block his speaking time in the Rajya Sabha — that he refuses to walk out of Parliament with the opposition, that he declined to sign the impeachment petition against the Chief Election Commissioner, and that he wastes Parliament’s time raising trivial issues instead of political ones.
Chadha’s response: all three are white lies.
Q. Allegation 1 — That Chadha doesn’t walk out with the opposition. What does he say?
Chadha called this a flat-out fabrication and issued a direct challenge. “Tell me one single day when I haven’t walked out when the opposition did,” he said, adding pointedly that Parliament has CCTV cameras everywhere and the full truth will come out on record.
Q. Allegation 2 — That he refused to sign the CEC impeachment petition. His response?
Chadha said no AAP leader ever asked him to sign the petition. He also put the allegation in numerical context — AAP has 10 MPs in the Rajya Sabha, and 6 or 7 of them did not sign. The impeachment motion requires 50 signatures out of 105 opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha. “Why am I being singled out?” he asked, adding that this was selective targeting.
Q. Allegation 3 — That he raises “useless” soft issues in Parliament instead of fighting the BJP. What does he say?
This is where Chadha was most passionate — and most detailed. “I am not here to shout, scream, or abuse in the Rajya Sabha,” he said. “I am here to raise the issues of the people.”
He then listed what he has actually raised in four years: GST burden on the middle class, income tax, Punjab’s water rights, Delhi’s air quality, the condition of government schools, public healthcare, Indian Railways passengers, menstrual health, rising prices, unemployment.
“See my four-year track record,” he said. “Parliament runs on taxpayers’ money. I am here to raise their issues. I am not here to create a ruckus.”
Q. What does he say about the timing and nature of the attacks?
Chadha said the campaign against him that began yesterday is not accidental — it is scripted and coordinated. “It is not a coincidence,” he said, describing a deliberate effort to discredit him with repeated allegations in the hope that, as he put it, a lie stated a hundred times will be accepted by some people.
He signalled this is only the beginning of his response. “Every lie will be replied to. Every question will be answered.”
Q. What was the Dhurandhar reference?
Chadha signed off with a dialogue from the recently released Hindi film Dhurandhar — “Ghayal hoon, isliye ghatak.” Wounded, therefore, dangerous. The line landed hard given that the film itself has been at the centre of controversy in recent weeks — North Desk covered the Dhurandhar row when it broke. Chadha’s use of it suggests he is no longer in defensive mode. He is signalling a counter-offensive.
Q. Where does this leave things?
AAP has not responded to his specific rebuttals as of the time of publishing. With Punjab elections in 2027 and Chadha’s Rajya Sabha term running until 2028, this public war of words is unlikely to end quietly.
