{"id":9170,"date":"2026-04-05T03:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9170"},"modified":"2026-04-05T03:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:43:18","slug":"130033241-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9170","title":{"rendered":"Raghav Chadha deleted social media posts critical of PM Modi, BJP: AAP | Delhi News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130033267,imgsize-59818,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/-.jpg\" alt=\"Raghav Chadha deleted social media posts critical of PM Modi, BJP: AAP\" title=\"A fresh row has erupted within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that party MP Raghav Chadha has removed earlier social media posts critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"A fresh row has erupted within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that party MP Raghav Chadha has removed earlier social media posts critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.\">A fresh row has erupted within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that party MP Raghav Chadha has removed earlier social media posts critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: A fresh row has erupted within the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aam-aadmi-party\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Aam Aadmi Party<\/a> (AAP) after Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that party MP <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/raghav-chadha\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Raghav Chadha<\/a> has removed earlier social media posts critical of Prime Minister Narendra <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/modi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Modi<\/a> and the <!-- -->BJP<!-- -->.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Bharadwaj claimed on Saturday that several of Chadha\u2019s posts on X \u2014 previously cited by AAP leaders \u2014 were no longer visible on his timeline. He said that keyword searches for terms such as \u201cBJP\u201d and \u201cModi\u201d did not yield earlier critical remarks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cOnly two posts mentioning Modi remain and both praise the prime minister,\u201d Bharadwaj alleged.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The allegations come amid an ongoing rift between the party and the Rajya Sabha MP, which became public after AAP removed Chadha as its deputy leader in the Upper House on Thursday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>In his post, Bharadwaj suggested that the changes to Chadha\u2019s social media presence were deliberate. Describing it as \u201cmore than a routine clean up\u201d, he said Chadha had \u201creshaped his public profile on the platform\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>\u201cRaghav Chadha, who was once a sharp critic of Modi and the BJP, has completely erased his old image and presented a new, polished version of himself like one put through a washing machine,\u201d Bharadwaj said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>He added that the manner in which the timeline had been altered pointed to careful planning.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>\u201cThe way Chadha&#8217;s timeline has been systematically altered reflects the level of preparation behind it,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The AAP leadership has also accused Chadha of avoiding direct criticism of the central government in Parliament and engaging instead in what it described as \u201csoft PR\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>Chadha has denied these accusations, calling them \u201clies\u201d. <!-- -->He has said that his role in Parliament is to raise public issues rather than create disruption.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>\u201cI went to Parliament to raise people&#8217;s issues and not create ruckus,\u201d Chadha said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>The dispute marks a significant escalation in tensions within AAP, with differences between the leadership and one of its prominent national figures now playing out in public.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/raghav-chadha-deleted-x-posts-critical-of-pm-modi-bjp-aap\/articleshow\/130033241.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh row has erupted within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Delhi unit chief&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3558,1122,1763,1762,1764,1765,23112,1162,23113,4430,12647,3559,5110,1766],"class_list":["post-9170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aam-aadmi-party","tag-bjp","tag-delhi-latest-news","tag-delhi-news","tag-delhi-news-live","tag-delhi-news-today","tag-delhi-politics","tag-modi","tag-political-rift","tag-raghav-chadha","tag-rajya-sabha","tag-saurabh-bharadwaj","tag-social-media-controversy","tag-today-news-delhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}