New Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party has suffered another setback before the assembly in Punjab. Aam Aadmi Party leader and Punjab Dairy Development Board director Sukhdeep Singh Cheena has resigned from all party posts and primary membership of AAP. Cheena has sent her resignation to AAP Punjab State President Aman Arora. Cheena has announced to leave AAP at a time when the party has released the second list of 31 candidates for the assembly elections just a day before. It is believed that Cheena has separated from AAP due to his dissatisfaction over not getting the ticket in the elections.
Aam Aadmi Party leader and Director of Punjab Dairy Development Board Sukhdeep Singh Chhina tenders his resignation from all party positions and primary membership of the party “I, Sukhdeep Singh Chhina, hereby tender my resignation from all positions held in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and also relinquish my primary membership of the party.” reads his resignation letter to AAP Punjab President Aman Arora
— ANI (@ANI) November 13, 2026
According to media reports, Sukhdeep Singh Cheena was claiming for the ticket from Rajasansi assembly seat under Amritsar district. But Aam Aadmi Party declared Sonia Mann as its candidate from here. For this reason Cheena resigned from the party. Sukhdeep Singh Cheena, however, has not revealed his future strategy. In the list released by AAP on Thursday, tickets of 8 sitting MLAs have been cut.
However, among these, Patti constituency MLA and former minister Laljit Bhullar himself had announced not to contest the assembly elections. Bhullar is currently in jail in the suicide case of Punjab State Warehousing Corporation manager Gagandeep Singh Randhawa and due to this he had to leave the post of minister. There is a possibility that some other leaders angry over ticket distribution may also leave. Earlier, three Aam Aadmi Party MLAs Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, Chetan Singh Jodamajra and former IPS officer Vijay Pratap Singh have left the party and joined BJP.