Kunwar Vijay Pratap, Pathanmajra and Jauramajra join BJP after resigning from assembly
After resigning from the Punjab Assembly and the Aam Aadmi Party, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh has joined the BJP along with two of his rebel colleagues. He claimed that the political existence of AAP has come to an end in the state.
Suspended from the Aam Aadmi Party, Amritsar North MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on Monday. Along with him, two other rebel leaders of the party, Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra and Chetan Singh Jauramajra, also joined the BJP.
After joining the BJP, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh launched a scathing attack on the ruling dispensation. He said that the Aam Aadmi Party is on the verge of extinction in Punjab and Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann themselves have ruined it. He claimed that a double-engine government will soon come to power in the state.
Talking about law and order and the spread of drugs in the state, former police officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap said that when he was the SP in Amritsar, crime and drugs were completely controlled between 2007 and 2009. He alleged that after his removal from there, the situation worsened and in the current era, gangsterism, extortion and drugs have spread in Punjab.
In his message to the residents of Amritsar, Kunwar Vijay Pratap said that keeping the welfare of the state foremost is his main focus and he has no other personal ambition. He said that as an MLA, he had completed 90 percent of his work. According to him, by reining in the bureaucratic culture in politics, issues related to the Bargari sacrilege case, drinking water, education and health were raised in the assembly.
Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh had submitted his resignation from the post of MLA to Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, effective from November 1, 2026. In addition, he sent a letter to AAP state president Aman Arora and national convener Arvind Kejriwal announcing his resignation from the primary membership of the party. Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra from Sanaur and Chetan Singh Jauramajra from Samana had also left the party.
Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh was suspended for five years in June last year due to allegations of anti-party activities. He had raised questions on the vigilance action against Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia. Apart from this, he has also been continuously questioning the government regarding the probe into the 2015 sacrilege and police firing cases and the deaths caused by spurious liquor in Amritsar.
Key developments
- Former MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh joined BJP in New Delhi
- Rebel leaders Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra and Chetan Singh Jauramajra also joined BJP with him
- Kunwar Vijay Pratap alleged that Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann destroyed AAP
- In a message to the people of Amritsar, he termed 'Punjab First' as his main objective
