Overview

• Maan privately submitted her resignation nearly a month before July 19 and publicly announced her decision to quit politics on social media that day.
• On July 20, AAP Punjab president Aman Arora met with Maan and conveyed the party’s choice to reject her resignation, which she accepted.
• The withdrawal removes the need for a by-election in Kharar, where Maan won by more than 37,000 votes in the 2022 assembly election.
• Days before her resignation, Maan met national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and praised his vision as a source of courage and inspiration.
• Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and BJP leaders highlighted the brief crisis to question unity and point to factionalism in AAP’s Punjab unit.