AAP expels Punjab MLA after he raises teacher vacancies
The Aam Aadmi Party has expelled Maur MLA Sukhvir Singh Maiserkhana for alleged anti-party activities and indiscipline, shortly after he publicly criticised teacher shortages in government schools. The MLA says he repeatedly raised the issue with party leaders, while the party disputes his account and says one school he mentioned has 25 teachers.
The Aam Aadmi Party has expelled its Maur legislator, Sukhvir Singh Maiserkhana, after he publicly questioned the Punjab government over vacant teaching posts in schools in his constituency. AAP Punjab General Secretary Harchand Singh Barsat said Maiserkhana’s primary membership had been suspended with immediate effect. The party cited alleged anti-party activities and indiscipline, and accused the MLA of spreading false rumours and damaging its image.
The expulsion followed a nearly 14-minute social-media video in which Maiserkhana described teacher shortages and questioned the government’s handling of education. He said he had raised vacant posts repeatedly with the party leadership, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Maiserkhana referred specifically to a School of Eminence attended by his children.
He said students and the principal had indicated that teachers were lacking and argued that children should not suffer because staff positions remained unfilled. He also raised the status of a government school in Burj Sahima village, claiming it had not been upgraded despite meeting the required conditions. The MLA said he had become tired of seeking appointments and appointments to fill vacancies.
He said the issue was not his political career or the prospect of losing a party ticket, but the education of children. AAP said the school cited by Maiserkhana already had 25 teachers. The episode has drawn criticism from the BJP, which said it exposed a gap between AAP’s claims about education and conditions in government schools.
BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu asked whether the government listened to its own legislators and demanded answers on vacancies and education reforms. Maiserkhana remains the elected MLA from Maur but is outside the AAP organisation. The dispute comes months before Punjab Assembly elections and is likely to keep attention on both the party’s allegations and the teacher shortages raised by the legislator.
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