CHEQUERED JOURNEY OF AAP IN STATE

2014 general elections

AAP makes waves; wins four Lok Sabha seats

Aug 29, 2015

Two of these MPs, Dharamvira Gandhi and Harinder Singh Khalsa, are suspended from the primary membership for antiparty activities

Aug 26, 2016

Punjab unit chief Sucha Singh Chhotepur removed from his post, following allegations that he took money from a ticket aspirant

Jan 29, 2017

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal courts controversy after staying for a night at the house of Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF) activist Gurwinder Singh in Moga. March 11, 2017

(assembly poll results)

AAP wins only 18 seats, despite hopes of defeating both the Congress and the Akali-BJP combine. Star campaigner Bhagwant Mann also loses. However, the party fares better than the Akalis and gets the seat of the leader of the opposition March 16, 2017

HS Phoolka chosen as the leader of the opposition

July 9, 2017

Phoolka steps down after the Bar Council of Delhi disallows his plea to resume private practice

July 21, 2017

Bholath MLA Sukhpal Khaira is elected the leader of opposition

Nov 2, 2017

A Fazilka court issues non-bailable warrants against Khaira, in a drugs case

Dec 2017 municipal polls

AAP wins just one seat

March 15, 2018

Kejriwal apologises to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, and retracts allegations of him (Majithia) being involved in drug trade; sparks protests among party leaders

March 16, 2018

Mann, party MP from Sangrur, resigns from the post of Punjab party chief; co-president Aman Arora follows suit