Aam Aadmi Party MLA Anmol Gagan Maan on Saturday tendered her resignation from the state legislature of Punjab. She also requested that Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan to accept her resignation. Among others, MLA said she is quitting politics with heavy heart.
“My heart is heavy, but I have decided to leave politics. My resignation from the post of MLA to the Speaker needs to be normal. My wishes are with party. I wish the Punjab government will stay up to the expectations of the peoples,” said MLA.
MLA Anmol Gagan Maan Resignation
Anmol Gagan Maan elected from the Kharar assembly seat in the 2022 Punjab assembly elections. She also became a minister and held the portfolios of tourism and lifestyle, investment promotion, labour, and hospitality. In 2024, the Bhagwant Mann government dropped four ministers, together with Maan, from the Cabinet. She is known for songs like ‘Suit’, ‘Ghaint Purpose’, and ‘Sherni’ as a singer.
Newly elected AAP MLA Sanjeev Arora
Earlier on 3 July, CM Bhagwant Mann expanded his cabinet with newly elected Ludhiana West MLA Sanjeev Arora as a minister. Arora administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Gulab Chand Kataria at a swearing-in rite on the Raj Bhavan. He got NRI (Non-Resident Indian) Affairs portfolio, that held by Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal had resigned from his ministerial post on the same day. But now the old designated MLA, Anmol Gagan Maan put her request for resignation.
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