Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has formally approached President Draupadi Murmu to demand the recall of seven Rajya Sabha members who recently defected from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This group includes Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak, who have described their departure as a factional merger due to AAP straying from its principles. Mann, accompanied by AAP MLAs, argues that the defectors have betrayed the mandate of the people of Punjab and lack any independent political identity outside the AAP framework. He used a culinary analogy to illustrate that while the defectors may add flavor as individual ingredients, they cannot constitute a meal on their own. The chief minister's petition emphasizes the constitutional validity of the defectors continuing to represent Punjab under a different party, given AAP's overwhelming majority in the state assembly. Mann also criticized the BJP's tactics, suggesting that the defections are a result of the party's declining support in Punjab and its attempts to destabilize AAP's corruption-free governance.