‘Could’ve lost eyesight’: Reason behind Raghav Chadha’s striking absence amid party crisis

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday (Apr 30) revealed the reason behind Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha's striking absence amid the party crisis, which began after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a casepertaining toalleged corruption and money laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi government's excise policy.Chadha, AAP's MP from Punjab, has been missing from the party's campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections.

Bharadwaj said that Chadha has undergone major eye surgery in the United Kingdom and will join the party's Lok Sabha poll campaigning once he feels better. He added that the MP had developed aseriouseye ailmentwhichcould have led to blindness.

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also said that Chadha will campaign for the party for the general assembly elections.

"Raghav Chadha has undergone a major eye surgery in the UK. Itis saidthat his condition was seriousandthere was a possibility of blindness. As soon as he gets better, he willcome backto India and join us in the election campaigning," Bharadwaj told PTI Videos.

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On being asked about Chadha joining the election campaign, Mann said, "He will campaign."

"There are 11 players (in cricket). Then there is the coaching staff,peoplewho bowl and bat in the nets and four extra players. Everyone is fulfilling their responsibilities," he said while speaking to reporters afterhis meetingwith Kejriwal in Tihar jail.

"We have an organisationandwhoever is assigned some duty, they will do it. On June 4, AAP will emerge as a strong political power," Mann added.

(With inputs from agencies)