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AAP releases first list of 40 Punjab candidates; several MLAs resign
The Aam Aadmi Party announced its first list of 40 candidates for the 2027 Punjab assembly elections, naming Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to contest from Dhuri and jailed minister Sanjeev Arora to contest from Ludhiana West; within two days of the announcement two sitting AAP MLAs, Chetan Jouramajra and Harmeet Pathanmajra, quit the party and a third MLA, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, resigned after being suspended, while a murder in Mansa was reported as potentially damaging AAP's standing and an MLA claimed the party had strayed from its founding ideals.
How outlets across the spectrum covered it
L 2 C 11 R 4
- Left (2): National Herald, Satya Hindi
- Centre (11 votes, 12 outlets): Business Today · The Lallantop (India Today Group — 1 vote), DNA (Daily News & Analysis), Deccan Chronicle, Deccan Herald, Hindustan Times, Mathrubhumi English, NDTV, The New Indian Express, The Print, The Quint, The Tribune
- Right (4): India Today, Republic World, Swarajya, The Pioneer