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