Will not contest Punjab polls: Anmol

Chandigarh: AAP MLA from Kharar, Anmol Gagan Maan, on Friday said she had informed the party high command about her decision not to contest the Punjab Assembly elections. Her remarks came a day after her name did not figure in the AAP list of candidates for the Punjab Assembly polls. In its second list of 31 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly polls released by AAP on Thursday, the party named ‘halqa in-charge’ Parminder Singh Goldy from the Kharar seat. In a post on Facebook in Punjabi, Maan said, “Due to my silence, many statements are being made regarding my decision not to contest the election”. “I would like to share just one thing..On August 5, 2026, at 12 pm in Delhi, I informed Arvind Kejriwal that I would not be contesting the election,” she said. “Three days ago, I also received a call from Arvind ji, asking,

‘Is this your final decision”that you will not contest the election?’ I reiterated the same to him. He suggested that I should let the people know that the party did not withdraw my ticket, and that this is entirely my own decision,” she said.