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‘Decided to leave politics’: Punjab AAP MLA Anmol Gagan Maan resigns from Kharar seat
Anmol Gagan Maan was elected from Kharar in the 2022 Punjab assembly elections and briefly served as a minister in the Bhagwant Mann-led cabinet.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and singer-turned-politician Anmol Gagan Maan on Sunday resigned as a member of the Punjab assembly, announcing her decision to quit politics altogether.
The MLA from Kharar submitted her resignation to Punjab assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan.
“My heart is heavy, but I have decided to leave politics. My resignation from the post of MLA to the Speaker should be accepted,” Maan wrote in Punjabi on X (formerly Twitter).
“My best wishes are with the party. I hope the Punjab government will live up to the expectations of the people,” she added.
Maan was elected from the Kharar seat in the 2022 Punjab assembly elections and briefly served as a minister in the Bhagwant Mann-led cabinet.
She held key portfolios, including tourism and culture, investment promotion, labour, and hospitality, before being dropped in a cabinet reshuffle in September 2024, which saw four ministers removed.
Anmol Gagan Maan was a popular Punjabi singer
Before her political debut, Anmol Gagan Maan was a popular Punjabi singer known for hits such as “Suit, Ghaint Purpose, and Sherni”. She had joined the Aam Aadmi Party in July 2020 and was later appointed co-president of the party's youth wing.
She also sang a campaign anthem for the party ahead of the 2022 assembly polls, praising AAP’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal. That same year, she defeated Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Ranjit Singh Gill by a margin of 37,885 votes from the Kharar constituency.
Maan, who hails from Mansa district, married advocate Shahbaaz Singh Sohi in June 2024.
Just three days before her resignation, Maan met AAP national convenor and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for what she described as an “in-depth discussion.”
In a post shared on X, she wrote: “Had an in-depth discussion with our National Convenor Shri @ArvindKejriwal Ji on various key issues. His dream of uplifting society always fills us with courage and inspiration.”
