Three former AAP leaders from Punjab join BJP

Three former Aam Aadmi Party leaders from Punjab joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at its New Delhi headquarters on November 2, as political parties prepare for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. The three were sitting legislators Chetan Singh Jouramajra and Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, and former legislator Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh. Jouramajra represented Samana and Pathanmajra represented Sanaur. Both had announced they were leaving the AAP and were suspended by the party over alleged anti-party activities, according to reports. The BJP joining ceremony was attended by senior party figures, including Punjab in-charge Satish Poonia and co-in-charge Virendra Sachdeva. Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, a former IPS officer who represented Amritsar North, announced his resignation from the Punjab Assembly. His letter to Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan stated that the resignation would take effect from November 1, 2026. Singh had been suspended from the AAP in June 2025 over alleged anti-party activities. The departures followed the AAP’s announcement of its first list of 40 candidates for the 2027 election. Neither Samana nor Sanaur appeared on the list, and the party had appointed new...