Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday took a veiled swipe at Raghav Chadha, a day after the Rajya Sabha MP together with six others joined the Bharatiya Janata Occasion.

With out naming Chadha, Mann used a culinary analogy in a Punjabi put up, saying components like ginger, garlic and spices might improve a dish collectively, however individually can’t represent one — an obvious dig on the breakaway group of MPs.

“Ginger, garlic, cumin, fenugreek powder, crimson chili, black pepper, and coriander—these 7 issues collectively make the vegetable style nice, however on their very own, they can not change into a ‘vegetable’,” Mann stated in a put up on X. 

ਅਦਰਕ, ਲਸਣ, ਜ਼ੀਰਾ, ਮੇਥੀ ਪਾਊਡਰ , ਲਾਲ ਮਿਰਚ , ਕਾਲੀ ਮਿਰਚ ਅਤੇ ਧਨੀਆ ਇਹ 7 ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਮਿਲਕੇ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਨੂੰ ਵਧੀਆ ਬਣਾ ਦਿੰਦੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਪਰ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਆਪਣੀ “ਸਬਜ਼ੀ “ ਨਹੀਂ ਬਣ ਸਕਦੀ..

— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) April 25, 2026

 Raghav Chadha Leaves AAP

The alternate comes a day after Chadha introduced his exit from the AAP and declared that seven of its 10 Rajya Sabha MPs, assembly the two-thirds threshold, would merge with the BJP.

At a press convention, Chadha accused the Aam Aadmi Occasion of straying from its founding rules and embracing corruption. “I gave 15 years of my life to the social gathering, however it’s now not what it as soon as stood for,” he stated.

Chadha was joined by Ashok Mittal and Sandeep Pathak, and claimed assist from different MPs, together with Harbhajan Singh, Swati Maliwal, Rajinder Gupta and Vikramjit Singh Sahney.

Reacting to the event, Arvind Kejriwal termed the transfer a “betrayal” of Punjab.

What Led To The Breakup?

The rift between Raghav Chadha and Aam Aadmi Occasion had been brewing for months, intensifying throughout Arvind Kejriwal’s 2024 arrest, when Chadha remained largely absent, drawing inner criticism.

Tensions peaked on April 2 when Chadha was eliminated because the social gathering’s Rajya Sabha deputy chief and changed by Ashok Mittal. Senior leaders accused him of going smooth on the BJP and skipping key protests and occasions, whereas Chadha dismissed the fees as “scripted.”

From 2023, Chadha had already begun distancing himself from social gathering affairs, coinciding with authorized troubles confronted by Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia. Although he cited medical causes for staying overseas, his restricted function in AAP’s 2025 Delhi marketing campaign and concentrate on “middle-class points” additional widened the divide, culminating in his eventual exit.