Chandigarh: Punjab speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Tuesday accepted the resignation of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Chetan Singh Jouramajra as MLA from Samana, reducing the party’s strength in the 117-member House to 91.According to a notification issued by the Assembly Secretariat on Nov 3, Jouramajra had tendered his resignation with effect from Nov 1. The Speaker accepted it under Article 190(3)(b) of the Constitution and declared the Samana seat vacant from Nov 3.Jouramajra joined the BJP in New Delhi on Monday along with former AAP MLAs Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra (Sanaur) and Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh (Amritsar North). All three had announced their exit from AAP. Pathanmajra and Kunwar Vijay Pratap had their resignations accepted by the Speaker on Monday, with their seats declared vacant from Nov 2.With the acceptance of all three resignations, AAP’s strength in the Assembly has fallen from 94 to 91.The Speaker’s decision also renders infructuous the disqualification proceedings initiated against Jouramajra. On Monday, AAP chief whip Baljinder Kaur had sought his disqualification for quitting the party on whose ticket he had won the 2022 Assembly election. The Speaker had issued a notice asking Jouramajra to submit his reply by Nov 5.The resignations came days after AAP announced its first list of 40 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections.
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