AAP's Punjab Candidate List Followed by MLA Exits and Membership Action

AAP began announcing candidates for Punjab's 2027 Assembly election with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann among its first 40 names. He will contest from Dhuri again, India Today reported.

Mann said the names were announced after a meeting of the party's Political Affairs Committee, according to The Hindu. The list was the first instalment of AAP's candidate selections, not its complete election slate.

On October 30, Mann confirmed that the first list would be announced the following day, Punjab Newsline reported.

AAP released the 40 names on October 31. Swarajya described all 40 as sitting MLAs, while India Today reported that a jailed MLA was also given a ticket. The supplied coverage does not name that MLA.

On November 1, Chetan Singh Jouramajra from Samana and Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra from Sanaur quit the party, according to NDTV India. India Today described their departures as following ticket snubs.

The reports differ over what they resigned from. Times now said the two resigned from AAP's primary membership, while India News described resignations from the Punjab Assembly. Those are different steps, and the supplied coverage does not resolve the discrepancy.

By November 2, Times of India India reported that AAP would seek cancellation of two MLAs' membership after they quit the party. Separately, Times now reported that three legislators had left the party or Assembly within 48 hours, widening the reported departures beyond the original two.

AAP has announced its first 40 candidates, but the immediate story has become the departures that followed. The November 2 report from Times now puts the total at three legislators leaving the party or Assembly; the supplied extract does not identify the third person by name.

The election timetable also differs across the coverage. Scroll.in places polling in February 2027, while Times now says March-April. The supplied reports do not establish a single confirmed polling date.

The next concrete development is whether AAP formally pursues cancellation of the two MLAs' membership, as reported by Times of India India, and what follows from that request. The supplied coverage reports an intended move, not a completed cancellation.

Times now also reported that the BJP was set to get two new faces on November 2. Its supplied extract does not establish who they are or confirm that they have joined.