Will write to VP, seek disqualification of 7 MPs who joined BJP: Sanjay Singh

Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party said on Saturday that it would seek the disqualification of its seven Rajya Sabha MPs who joined the BJP, calling the move "unconstitutional and illegal".Rajya Sabha member and senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said he would write to the Rajya Sabha chairman and the Vice President, citing the 10th Schedule and demand termination of the "defected" MPs.He argued that even a two-thirds split had no legal validity under the anti-defection law.Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Sanjay Singh said, "On Friday, seven individuals announced their decision to join the BJP in a manner that was unconstitutional, illegal and against the rules."It was "completely wrong in legal terms", he added.He claimed that the anti-defection law clearly stated that no form of split was permissible in the state assembly, the Rajya Sabha or the Lok Sabha. "It has no legal recognition, and this was also clearly established in the Shiv Sena case," said Sanjay Singh."Therefore, the defection of these seven Rajya Sabha MPs from the Aam Aadmi Party is entirely illegal, incorrect, unconstitutional and against parliamentary rules," he added.AAP Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, Swati Maliwal, Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Rajinder Gupta and Harbhajan Singh joined the BJP on Friday.