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Updated - November 02, 2026 12:06 pm IST
Ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, three AAP MLAs joined BJP, in New Delhi on November 2, 2026. Photo: X/@BJP4India
In a setback to the Punjab government, three AAP MLAs Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra and Chetan Singh Jauramajra on Monday (November 2, 2026) joined the BJP at the party headquarters in New Delhi.
On November 1, 2026, ahead of the Assembly election in Punjab, due in 2027, two legislators, one of whom was a former Minister of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) resigned from the party’s primary membership.
AAP MLAs from Punjab, Shri Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, Shri Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra and Shri Chetan Singh Jauramajra #JoinBJP at the party headquarters in New Delhi. https://t.co/zmZLRDwLsO
Chetan Singh Jouramajra from the Samana Assembly constituency and Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra from Sanour in Patiala district, said, they were quitting as the party has failed to fulfil its promises made during the 2022 Assembly polls.
Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, a former IPS officer, resigned as an MLA on Monday. He was recently suspended from AAP.
Meanwhile, the AAP hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its attempts to induct leaders who have left or been expelled by other parties. AAP’s Punjab Chief Spokesperson and MLA Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that while the AAP had consistently put Punjab’s interests first and taken action against its own ministers and MLAs over corruption, the BJP was attempting to bring in leaders facing serious allegations.
Published - November 02, 2026 11:57 am IST
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