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Chadha described the meeting as \"detailed and enriching\" and shared two photographs on social media. 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Chadha had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in April after leaving the Aam Aadmi Party, where he was once described as Arvind Kejriwal’s \"blue-eyed boy\". The meeting was the first public interaction between the two since Chadha’s defection."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Chadha posted two photographs of the meeting on social media. He wrote, \"A morning I will cherish. Had the privilege of meeting Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji. A detailed and enriching interaction. Deeply grateful for his generous time and for the opportunity to benefit from his insights and guidance.\" The post was his first with Modi since switching parties."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The meeting took place months before Punjab assembly elections, scheduled for early 2027. Chadha is a prominent leader in Punjab, where the AAP had formed the state government in 2022. His move to the BJP was part of a group of seven AAP Rajya Sabha members who merged with the party in April."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left-rated outlet ran the story, according to the reports printed below. None of the right-rated digests or the Times of India’s full report mentioned that Chadha had recently supported Modi’s anti-paper leak bill in the Rajya Sabha, a detail included in the Times of India’s report but omitted from its digest counterparts. 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