A day after becoming a member of the BJP, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha mentioned the controversy surrounding the alleged “Sheesh Mahal” performed a significant function within the Aam Aadmi Celebration’s crushing defeat within the 2025 Delhi Meeting elections.

Chadha, who crossed over to the BJP on Friday together with six different AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, mentioned the row over former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence severely broken the celebration’s public picture.

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“If there was one main cause for the Aam Aadmi Celebration’s loss within the Delhi elections, the ‘Sheesh Mahal’ was one of many major causes,” Chadha mentioned, including that the controversy had “badly broken the picture of AAP”.

‘Ethical Credibility Was Eroded’

Chadha argued that the problem was not merely a political embarrassment however one which struck on the core of AAP’s anti-corruption picture.

He has beforehand mentioned that he left the celebration and remained largely inactive lately as a result of, “I didn’t need to be part of their sins.”

What Is the ‘Sheesh Mahal’ Controversy?

The time period “Sheesh Mahal”, Hindustani for ‘glass palace’, was coined by the BJP to criticise the renovation of Kejriwal’s official bungalow at 6 Flagstaff Street in Delhi’s Civil Strains.

The BJP alleged that taxpayer cash value crores was spent on designer interiors, Italian marble and luxurious fittings on the residence whereas Kejriwal was chief minister.

AAP denied the allegations, calling them politically motivated and accusing the BJP of misrepresenting development prices.

Narrative Took Maintain Earlier than Delhi Polls

Kejriwal vacated the bungalow after resigning as chief minister in September 2024 following his launch from Tihar Jail within the Delhi excise coverage case.

Nevertheless, by then, the problem had change into a central marketing campaign plank for the BJP.

Within the February 2025 Meeting elections, the BJP swept to a landslide victory, lowering AAP to a fraction of its earlier power. Kejriwal himself misplaced the New Delhi constituency.

Chadha Flags ‘Sheesh Mahal 2’ Allegations

Chadha mentioned the same controversy might now be rising round Kejriwal’s new residence in Lodhi Property.

Referring to recent allegations by Delhi minister Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, Chadha mentioned: “Not even a yr has handed for the reason that Delhi elections ended, and Sheesh Mahal Half Two has come.”

“I’m wondering how the few remaining good employees of AAP will reply individuals on the streets when requested about this,” he added.

AAP Rejects Recent Fees

Pictures launched by Verma allegedly displaying lavish development on the Lodhi Property bungalow have been dismissed by AAP as pretend.

Senior AAP chief Atishi challenged the BJP to additionally open the houses of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and the Lieutenant Governor for public scrutiny and “let the voters determine”.

Disaster Deepens for AAP

Chadha’s remarks come amid the most important organisational disaster in AAP’s 13-year historical past.

The simultaneous defection of seven Rajya Sabha MPs, two-thirds of the celebration’s power within the Higher Home, means the insurgent MPs is not going to lose their seats underneath anti-defection provisions.