2 AAP MLAs quit party in Punjab:May join BJP at Amit Shah’s rally, their names missing from first candidate list

Two MLAs have quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab after the party released its first list of 40 candidates. They include Chetan Singh Jouramajra, MLA from Samana in Patiala district, and Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, MLA from Sanaur. Both MLAs may join the BJP at Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s public meeting in Chandigarh today. They have called a press conference at 4.30 pm in Chandigarh to explain why they left the party. Jouramajra previously served as a minister in the AAP government. However, some time ago, the party replaced him with former Akali leader Surjit Singh Rakhra as the constituency in-charge for the Samana Assembly seat. Meanwhile, a rape case was registered against Pathanmajra, after which he fled to Australia. When he returned to join the investigation, the police arrested him. BJP is gathering expelled leaders: Aman Arora AAP Punjab president Aman Arora said the BJP was now gathering expelled leaders because it had neither a support base of its own nor any concern for Punjab’s interests. Former Union Minister Bittu says, ‘The broom is falling apart.’ AAP had already sidelined them: Spokesperson Pannu Reacting to the resignation of two MLAs from the AAP, party spokesperson Baltej Pannu said, “Two Aam Aadmi Party MLAs resigned from the party today, but the party had already sidelined them because of their actions. Both will now join the BJP, which is unable to find candidates in Punjab. The BJP is a party with only a handful of members left and accepts only those who have been expelled from other parties.”