Punjab Legislative Assembly
Legislature of Punjab
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| January 11 2025 | Death of sitting MLA Gurpreet Gogi in Ludhiana West constituency, leaving the seat vacant. |
| November 22 2024 | Aman Arora becomes the fourth convener of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab, with Amansher Singh as co-convener. |
| September 3 2024 | Aruna Chaudhary from Dinanagar constituency becomes Incumbent Deputy Leader of Opposition |
| July 30 2024 | Gulab Chand Kataria takes office as the Governor of Punjab |
| April 2024 | Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary was suspended by the Indian National Congress in April 2024. |
| March 15 2024 | Raj Kumar Chabbewal's tenure as Deputy Leader of Opposition ends |
| August 2023 | Sandeep Jakhar was suspended by the Indian National Congress in August 2023. |
| June 12 2023 | Budh Ram Singh becomes the caretaker convener of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab. |
| 2022 | Aam Aadmi Party nominated five candidates - Harbhajan Singh, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Kumar Mittal, Sanjeev Arora, and Raghav Chadha - for the Rajya Sabha election. All five were elected unopposed for a six-year term. |
| 2022 | Formation of 14 legislative committees covering various domains such as Local Bodies, Public Accounts, Estimates, Public Undertakings, and Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes |
| 2022 | 16th Punjab Assembly established its committee structure for the 2022–2023 term, with most committees chaired by Aam Aadmi Party members |
| June 30 2022 | Jai Krishan Singh is appointed as the Deputy Speaker of the 16th Punjab Assembly |
| June 22 2022 | Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan announced a new procedure where legislators will receive answers to all raised issues during Assembly debates during the Zero Hour, marking a first in Punjab Assembly history. |
| April 9 2022 | Pratap Singh Bajwa becomes the Leader of the Indian National Congress (INC) legislature party and the Leader of Opposition in the 16th Punjab Assembly |
| March 21 2022 | Kultar Singh Sandhwan is appointed as the Speaker of the 16th Punjab Assembly |
| March 19 2022 | Harpal Singh Cheema from Dirba constituency becomes the Deputy Leader and is appointed as the Minister of Finance for the 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly. |
| March 19 2022 | 10 cabinet ministers of the Bhagwant Mann ministry took their oath of office. |
| March 17 2022 | Inderbir Singh Nijjar administered the oath of office to all 117 legislators of the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly. |
| March 16 2022 | Bhagwant Mann becomes the Leader of AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) legislature party in the 16th Punjab Assembly |
| March 16 2022 | Bhagwant Mann took the oath of office as Chief Minister at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of Bhagat Singh. Inderbir Singh Nijjar was sworn in as Protem Speaker. |
| March 16 2022 | Sarvjit Kaur Manuke's tenure as Deputy Leader of Opposition ends |
| March 11 2022 | The 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly was dissolved following the election results of the 16th Assembly. |
| March 10 2022 | Vote counting completed and election results officially declared for the 16th Punjab Assembly election, with Aam Aadmi Party winning a majority of 92 seats. |
| February 20 2022 | Polling conducted for the 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly election to elect 117 members, with multiple political parties participating including Aam Aadmi Party, Indian National Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, and Bahujan Samaj Party. |
| November 22 2021 | Arvind Kejriwal announced that 1,000 rupees would be given to every woman above 18 years of age if AAP wins Punjab. |
| September 30 2021 | Kejriwal announced plans to build Mohalla Clinics in Punjab providing free healthcare facilities if AAP wins the election. |
| June 2021 | MLA Saravjit Kaur Manuke and AAP activists conducted a hunger strike to protest the Punjab government's inaction in paying post-matric scholarship amounts for Dalit students. AAP convener Bhagwant Mann claimed the protest successfully pressured the government led by CM Amarinder Singh to release 200 crore rupees (40% of the required scholarship funds). |
| June 28 2021 | Kejriwal announced in Chandigarh that 300 units of free electricity would be provided to all Punjabis if the party wins the election. |
| March 2021 | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal held a Kisaan Mahapanchayat at Bagha Purana in Moga district, beginning election campaigning. |
| January 2021 | Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would contest the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, with Raghav Chadha appointed as AAP Punjab co-in-charge. |
| January 31 2019 | Bhagwant Mann was appointed as the Punjab convener before the General election. |
| July 26 2018 | Harpal Singh Cheema from Dirba constituency replaces Sukhpal Singh Khaira as the AAP legislative party leader. |
| March 2018 | Lok Insaaf Party breaks the coalition with AAP due to internal differences. |
| March 21 2018 | Balbir Singh was appointed as co-convener (caretaker) of the Punjab unit. |
| March 17 2018 | Bhagwant Singh Mann's first tenure as convener ends. |
| March 17 2018 | Bhagwant Mann and Aman Arora resigned from their convener positions due to Arvind Kejriwal's apology to Bikram Singh Majithia. |
| 2017 | The party performed poorly in the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, winning only 20 seats. |
| 2017 | AAP formed an alliance with the Lok Insaaf Party in the Punjab assembly election, winning a total of 22 seats (20 by AAP, 2 by Lok Insaaf Party). |
| July 9 2017 | Sukhpal Singh Khaira from Bholath constituency succeeds Harvinder Singh Phoolka as the AAP legislative party leader. |
| May 10 2017 | Bhagwant Singh Mann becomes the third convener of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab, with Aman Arora as co-convener. |
| May 8 2017 | Gurpreet Singh Waraich's tenure as convener ends. |
| March 16 2017 | Harvinder Singh Phoolka from Dakha constituency becomes Leader of Opposition for the AAP legislative party in the 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly. |
| March 16 2017 | Sarvjit Kaur Manuke from Jagraon constituency becomes Deputy Leader of Opposition, serving under Harvinder Singh Phoolka, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, and Harpal Singh Cheema in the 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly |
| November 11 2016 | Bharat Bhushan Ashu's tenure as Deputy Leader of Opposition ends |
| September 4 2016 | Gurpreet Singh Waraich takes over as the second convener of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab. |
| August 24 2016 | Sucha Singh Chhotepur's term as convener ended, and Gurpreet Singh Waraich was appointed as the new convener. |
| December 2015 | Aam Aadmi Party declares intention to contest the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, targeting 33 assembly seats out of 117 based on their 2014 General election performance. |
| December 11 2015 | Bharat Bhushan Ashu from Ludhiana West constituency becomes Deputy Leader of Opposition, serving under Charanjit Singh Channi in the 14th Punjab Legislative Assembly |
| 2014 | AAP fielded 434 candidates in the Indian general election, winning four seats from Punjab and becoming a recognised state party in the state. |
| August 29 2014 | Sucha Singh Chhotepur was appointed as the first convener of Aam Aadmi Party's Punjab unit. |
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