Two Punjab AAP legislators resign from party membership

Two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators from Punjab’s Patiala district resigned from the party’s primary membership on November 1, a day after it announced its first list of candidates for the 2027 Assembly election. The departures were announced by Chetan Singh Jouramajra, of Samana, and Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, of Sanaur. AAP’s first list named 40 candidates, but included neither MLA and did not name candidates for Samana or Sanaur. The party has not announced who will contest those constituencies. Jouramajra, a former state minister, announced his resignation on social media. Pathanmajra submitted a resignation letter to AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, according to reports. Reports differ on whether the two also resigned their Punjab Assembly seats. Most describe their departures as resignations from AAP’s primary membership; one report said they submitted Assembly resignations. Their legislative status was not otherwise confirmed in the reports, so the party-membership resignations are the established outcome. There is no official confirmation that either legislator will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Reports described a possible move to the BJP as...