Two Punjab AAP MLAs Resign a Day After Party Releases First List for 2027 Elections
Two Punjab AAP MLAs Resign a Day After Party Releases First List for 2027 Elections
Two Punjab MLAs quit their party on November 1 [1][2].
Their exit came a day after the party named its first list for the 2027 polls [1][2].
Key facts
The two men are Chetan Singh Jouramajra and Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra [1][2]. Jouramajra holds the Samana seat [1][2]. Pathanmajra holds the Sanaur seat [1][2].
Both seats are in Patiala district [1][2]. Neither man was on the first list [1][2]. The list named picks for 40 seats [1][2].
The party has not yet named picks for Samana and Sanaur [2]. Pathanmajra sent his quit note to party chief Arvind Kejriwal [2].
Jouramajra told of his exit in a social media post [2]. Both men told The Indian Express that they had quit [1].
Pathanmajra said he would speak later [1]. Jouramajra said he no longer felt close to the party [1]. He also called the state of Punjab heartbreaking [1].
The Indian Express called this the first big revolt after the list [1].
Context
The party had named new seat chiefs in both seats [1][2]. That move sparked talk that the two men could lose their tickets [1][2].
In Samana, the party named Surjit Singh Rakhra as seat chief in September [2]. Rakhra is seen as a likely pick for the seat [2].
But the party has made no formal announcement on this [2]. In Sanaur, the party named Ranjodh Hadana as seat chief [2].
Jouramajra once served as a minister in the state cabinet [1][2]. He was later dropped from the cabinet in a reshuffle [1][2].
His exit as minister came after a row over Dr Raj Bahadur [1]. Dr Bahadur was then head of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences [1].
The row centred on a hospital visit by the minister [1]. During that visit, Dr Bahadur was made to lie on a dirty mattress [1].
The Indian Express gave this account of the row [1]. Pathanmajra had long spoken out against his own party chiefs [1]. He had hit out at the Delhi leadership in public [1].
He had also clashed with the chiefs over flood relief work [2]. Pathanmajra faces a rape case and is now out on bail [1].
The Federal said he was held in Gwalior in March [2]. The same report said he got regular bail in May [2].
What happens next
Minister Aman Arora spoke up for the party [2]. He said the two men were not in sync with the party [2].
He said they chose to leave on their own [2]. The Indian Express called the exit the first big fallout of the ticket picks [1].
The party had billed its early list as a smart move [1]. It was the first party in Punjab to name picks for 2027 [1].
That claim now faces its first test [1]. The next test is who gets the two seats [2]. No picks have been named for Samana and Sanaur yet [2].
It is not yet known if more MLAs will quit [2]. That point has not been confirmed by any side [2]. For now, the two seats stand open [2].
The party must fill them before the polls [2].
Sources
Verified: 2026-11-01
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