AAP suspends Amritsar North MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh from party for 5 years | Chandigarh News
AMRITSAR: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) reportedly suspended Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh, the MLA from the Amritsar North Assembly constituency, for five years for alleged anti-party activities.The decision to suspend Kunwar was made by the party’s Political Affairs Committee, reportedly in response to his alleged opposition to the arrest of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a case related to the accumulation of disproportionate assets.Kunwar, the former IPS officer who joined politics, was not inducted into the Cabinet since the formation of the govt by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and previously also expressed dissent against the party on a couple of occasions.Following his suspension, he uploaded a verse of Gurbani on his X account: “ਕਬੀਰ ਜਿਸੁ ਮਰਨੇ ਤੇ ਜਗੁ ਡਰੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨਿ ਆਨੰਦ.” (Kabir, from death everyone in the world is afraid; but to me, my mind feels bliss). Following the news of his suspension, a large number of Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh’s followers and sympathisers gathered at his residence, said Pawan Kumar, a close aide, adding that the party’s decision was unjust and excessively harsh.During the 2022 Assembly elections, Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh secured 58,133 votes, defeating SAD candidate Anil Joshi, BJP’s Sukhminder Singh Pintu, Congress party’s Sunil Dutta, and others.Former Inspector General of Police Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh once headed the Special Investigative Team (SIT) probing Bargari and other sacrilege incidents in Punjab.Sources informed that if Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh is not reinstated and allowed to continue working in the Amritsar North constituency, several other aspirants are prepared to step in. A few leaders have already already approached senior party leaders on Sunday, expressing their interest in replacing him. Sources infomred that at least two prominent figures—one from within AAP—are said to be eyeing the Amritsar North seat for the upcoming Assembly elections. There are also rumours that a current opposition leader may join the party and be positioned as Kunwar’s replacement.
