New Delhi: Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiran Rijiju welcomed on monday Raghav Chaddha And six other MPs who left the Aam Aadmi Party and decided to merge with the Bharatiya Janata Party.In a post on Twitter, Rijiju praised the parliamentary conduct of the newly inducted MPs, claiming that they “never indulged in any indiscipline or unparliamentary conduct” in the House.“Hon’ble Chairman Rajya Sabha Shri CP Radhakrishnan ji has accepted the merger of 7 AAP MPs BJP. Now, Raghav Chadha ji, Sandeep Pathak ji, Ashok Mittal ji, Harbhajan Singh ji, Swati Maliwal ji, Rajinder Gupta ji and Vikramjit Singh Sahni ji are members of the BJP Parliamentary Party. For a long time, I have observed that these 7 honorable MPs have not resorted to foul language and have never indulged in any indiscipline or unparliamentary conduct,” Rijiju said.“Welcome to Nation Building NDA “Goodbye to the fragmented Indian alliance under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”AAP suffered a major blow on Friday when seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs resigned and announced their merger with the Bharatiya Janata Party, alleging that the Kejriwal-led party has deviated from its founding principles and values.“We have decided that we, two-thirds of the AAP members in the Rajya Sabha, will exercise the provisions of the Constitution of India and merge with the BJP,” Raghav Chadha said at a press conference.With this change, the BJP’s strength in the Rajya Sabha has increased from 106 to 113, while the NDA’s strength has increased from 141 to 148, including seven nominated members. With more than 30 seats vacant by the end of the year, the BJP is expected to gain at least five more seats, moving closer to the two-thirds majority mark of 163.Meanwhile you MPs… Sanjay Singh A petition has been formally submitted to Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan to disqualify the seven MPs.