Defection in AAP and fast changing political narrative in Punjab Ground Zero Jagtar Singh Seven of the 10 Rajya Sabha members belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party hit party chief Arvind Kejriwal hard with the announcement to shift their loyalties to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Rajya Sabha chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan approved their merger with the BJP on Monday morning. What is all the more important is that six of these MPs had been elected to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab. The logical corollary would be the likely impact of this revolt on the electoral dynamics of this border state whose religio-political dynamics is unique as compared to other states in India. Of course, the religio-political domain in Punjab has historical tendency to erupt. The eruption on April 24 was confined purely to political domain. The tremors this time are strong and would continue to be felt in the days to come. At the same time, this revolt is not rooted in Punjab but in Delhi. This...