Raghav Chadha‘s dramatic exit from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday (April 24) to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alongside six other Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) has unearthed a treasure trove of his past social media attacks on the BJP, many of them have now been deleted which earlier exploded online.

These fiery posts- from calling BJP a ‘party of illiterate goons’ to relentless Prime Minister Narendra Modi jabs- went mega-viral post-defection, fuelling accusations of opportunism and ‘washing machine’ politics.

The ‘illiterate goons’ bombshell video

A 2023 interview clip resurfaced widely after Raghav Chadha’s switch, where he bluntly declared, “I believe BJP is a party of illiterate goons.” He accused them of “only doing gundagardi” (thuggery), slamming their reliance on muscle over merit. Shared across X and Instagram reels, it racked up millions of views, with users contrasting his words against his BJP merger photo-op.

Anti-Modi rants exposed

AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj spotlighted Raghav Chadha’s scrubbed timeline, posting screenshots of vanished tweets blasting PM Narendra Modi as “dictatorial” and BJP as “anti-poor.” Searches for “Modi” or “BJP” now yield only praise, as per Bharadwaj. “He deleted everything critical- only two pro-Modi posts remain.” These deletions, flagged amid AAP’s internal rift, turned into viral memes mocking Chadha’s U-turn.

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Raghav Chadha’s BJP switch triggers Gen Z unfollow storm

Just a day after Raghav Chadha led an exodus of AAP MPs to BJP, claiming “2/3rd of AAP is with him”, the young MP’s social media followers crumbled. The 37-year-old, recently ousted as AAP’s deputy leader, saw his Instagram followers plummet by nearly 1 million in less than 24 hours, dropping from 14.6 million on Friday to 13.5 million by Saturday afternoon.

This viral Gen Z unfollow campaign, as dubbed by NCP-SP spokesperson Anish Gawande, reflects youth disillusionment with Raghav Chadha’s U-turn after years of anti-BJP rhetoric.

“The internet can make you a hero overnight. The internet can also bring you down to zero overnight,” Gawande posted on X, capturing the swift social media verdict on Chadha’s political flip-flop.

Pre-defection BJP-bashing tweets

Raghav Chadha’s archive reveals a pattern:

2024 election slams: “BJP’s fake promises exposed- Modi govt looting farmers while claiming Viksit Bharat.”

ED raids hypocrisy: “BJP weaponises agencies against opposition parties; their corruption safe under saffron umbrella.”

Delhi water crisis: “BJP MPs silent on Yamuna River poison while Arvind Kejriwal fixes it- typical deflection.”

These snippets, circulated by AAP rivals and netizens, amassed lakhs of shares, highlighting his role as AAP’s sharp-tongued BJP critic.

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Viral backlash and ‘washing machine’ politics taunts

Post-merger, BJP supporters trolled Chadha with edits juxtaposing old rants against new allegiance, captioned “From goons to family?”

AAP to demand disqualification of Raghav Chadha

Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh fired back, calling defectors “traitors.” The irony peaked with cartoons of Chadha “erasing his past,” amplifying a national debate on political flip-flops in the Rajya Sabha shake-up.

In an X post, Sanjay Singh said that the party would be approaching the presiding officer of the Rajya Sabha to invoke the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, which details provisions of disqualification on the grounds of defection.

“I will submit a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman, in which a demand will be made to declare Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal and Sandeep Pathak disqualified from Rajya Sabha membership for joining BJP, as this is tantamount to voluntarily relinquishing membership of their original party under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution,” he added.