BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday alleged political vendetta by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab after his name was classified as “shifted” in the draft electoral rolls in the state.
Chadha said he is a sitting Rajya Sabha member from Punjab and his voter ID is registered in Mohali, but his name has been marked as “shifted” in the draft rolls.
He, however, noted that the final electoral rolls are yet to be published and names can be corrected during the ongoing ‘Claims and Objections’ process. He said he was already availing the remedies available under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) guidelines.
In a post on X, Chadha said the classification was “not a mere clerical mistake” but a “clear case of political vendetta”.
He alleged that officials of the Punjab government were involved at various levels in the process and claimed that provisions meant to protect the names of public representatives had been “wilfully violated” in his case.
The AAP government in Punjab has now taken its politics of revenge to the Draft Electoral Rolls.
I am a sitting Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab, with my voter ID registered in Mohali, Punjab. Yet my name has been classified as “shifted” in the draft electoral rolls.
Thankfully,… pic.twitter.com/laAFAAWYiQ
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) September 3, 2026
“Paragraph 4(d) of the ECI’s Detailed Guidelines for SIR, create a ‘protected list’ for public representatives whose names are identified. This includes Judges, MPs and MLAs. I am a sitting Member of Parliament from Punjab. If at all my name was flagged, Paragraph 4(d) required my inclusion in the draft electoral rolls,” Chadha said.
“AAP may run the Punjab Government, but Punjab’s Draft Electoral Rolls are not its private property,” he added.
Chadha also accused the AAP leadership of targeting leaders who left the party and joined the BJP, alleging that the Punjab Police and state administrative machinery had been used against them.
The AAP rejected Chadha’s allegations and accused him of attempting to shift his voter registration to Delhi through a backdated process.
The party said the SIR exercise is conducted by the Election Commission and not the state government, and asserted that the Punjab government has no role in deciding whose name is included in or deleted from the electoral rolls.
