Raghav Chadha meets Narendra Modi in New Delhi after joining BJP
The Rajya Sabha member called the meeting a "morning I will cherish" in his first social media post with the prime minister since switching parties
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'A morning I will cherish': Raghav Chadha's first social media post with PM Modi
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What this story says
- Raghav Chadha met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 8 August 2026, his first public interaction with Modi since joining the BJP in April.
- Chadha posted two photographs on social media and called the meeting "a morning I will cherish" and "detailed and enriching".
- The meeting took place months before Punjab assembly elections, prompting speculation about Chadha’s role in the state, which right-rated outlets emphasised.
- No left-rated outlet carried the story, according to the reports printed below.
Who covered it
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Trust
68/100
Craft
77/100
Hype
30/100
9 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
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Raghav Chadha, a Rajya Sabha member, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 8 August 2026. 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.
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.
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.
What the coverage left out
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. The Hindustan Times was the only outlet to avoid speculation about Chadha’s role in Punjab.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 8 Aug 2026, 11:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The Hindustan Times, the only centre-rated outlet to carry a full report, led on Chadha’s description of the meeting as a "morning to cherish". The report included his social media post in full and noted that the meeting was his first with Modi since joining the BJP. It did not speculate on Chadha’s future role in Punjab or link the meeting to upcoming elections.
Right
7 rated outlets
- All six right-rated digests and the Times of India’s full report led on speculation about Chadha’s role in the upcoming Punjab elections. The Times of India’s headline described Chadha as an "AAP turncoat" and noted that the meeting had "sparked buzz over Punjab role". Its report quoted Chadha’s social media post in full and added that he had recently backed Modi’s anti-paper leak bill in the Rajya Sabha.
- The digests from India Today, ABP News, Latestly, aninews.in, and India TV News all framed the meeting as significant ahead of the Punjab elections. India Today’s digest described the meeting as generating "considerable interest" in that context. ABP News and aninews.in quoted Chadha’s description of the meeting as "detailed and enriching" but did not include his full social media post. None of the right-rated digests mentioned Chadha’s past role in the AAP or his defection from the party.
Read it at the source
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Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
1Right
7- 'A morning I will cherish': Raghav Chadha's first social media post with PM Modi (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Times of India — is Times of India biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Will He Get a Big Role in Punjab? Raghav Chadha's Meeting with PM Modi Sparks Discussion (opens Unknown in a new tab)
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- A morning to cherish: Raghav Chadha meets PM, sparks buzz over Punjab role (opens India Today in a new tab)
India Today — is India Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 'A Morning I Will Cherish': Raghav Chadha Meets PM Modi, Calls Interaction 'Enriching' (opens ABP News in a new tab)
- Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha Meets PM Modi, Says Interaction Was Enriching (opens Latestly in a new tab)
- Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha meets PM Modi, says interaction was enriching (opens aninews.in in a new tab)
aninews.in — is aninews.in biased? Our profile of this outlet
- BJP MP Raghav Chadha meets PM Modi, calls interaction 'detailed and enriching' (opens India TV News in a new tab)
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