AAP suffers setback in Punjab: Dairy Development Board Director Sukhdeep Singh Chhina resigns, two other leaders also leave party

November 13, 2026

Punjab: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has suffered another setback in Punjab. Punjab Dairy Development Board Director Sukhdeep Singh Chhina has resigned from the party. He has sent his resignation to AAP’s Punjab State President Aman Arora.

Along with Sukhdeep Singh Chhina, Rajasansi constituency organization in-charge Rajbir Singh Chhina and the constituency’s SC wing coordinator Gurdev Singh Joban Jhanjhoti have also left the party.

Meanwhile, MLA Dr. Charanjit Singh Channi is reportedly upset with the party after being denied his ticket from Ropar’s Chamkaur Sahib assembly constituency. He is also expected to leave the party.

Sukhdeep Singh Chhina was associated with AAP for 13 years

Sukhdeep Singh Chhina, Director of the Punjab Dairy Development Board and Constituent Coordinator of the Nasha Mukti Morcha, said that he had been associated with the Aam Aadmi Party for the past 13 years.

He explained that during this period, he disseminated the party and government’s policies to the public, as well as launched an awareness campaign against drug abuse, reaching out to people door-to-door in the area.

According to Chhina, the policies of Rajasansi Constituency Incharge Dr. Sonia Mann have recently led to growing disappointment among the party’s longtime members and workers. He claimed that the party’s early members and workers are now forced to stay at home.

Demand for Sonia Mann’s ticket reconsidered

Sukhdeep Singh Chhina has urged the Aam Aadmi Party’s high command to reconsider the ticket of Dr. Sonia Mann, the declared candidate for the Rajasansi Assembly seat. He stated that the party should nominate a capable and election-winning worker from the area. Chhina warned that if the party did not consider changing the candidate from Rajasansi, a large number of AAP leaders and workers might leave the party in the coming days.