AAP suspends Punjab MLA after complaint over teacher shortages
The Aam Aadmi Party has suspended Punjab legislator Sukhveer Singh Maiserkhana after he publicly accused party leaders and the state government of failing to address teacher shortages in schools in his constituency. The party cited alleged indiscipline and anti-party activity, while the BJP and Congress used the dispute to criticise the government’s education record.
The Aam Aadmi Party has suspended Punjab MLA Sukhveer Singh Maiserkhana after he publicly criticised the party leadership and state government over alleged shortages of teachers in government schools. Maiserkhana, who represents Maur in Bathinda, said in a Facebook video that he had repeatedly raised the issue but had been unable to secure a resolution. He said he went public after becoming frustrated by the lack of action.
The legislator claimed that the shortage affected schools in his constituency, including the government School of Eminence attended by his son. He said he had asked for teaching posts to be filled and alleged that his efforts to raise the matter with party leaders had not produced a result. Maiserkhana also said he had been told that the Chief Minister would call him, but claimed that no meeting took place.
He questioned what he had done wrong and said he expected that he might not receive a party ticket in the next election, while insisting that he would continue fighting for constituents. AAP Punjab general secretary Harchand Singh Barsat announced the suspension. In a letter cited in the report, Barsat said the MLA had been found involved in alleged anti-party activities and indiscipline, and that his primary party membership was suspended with immediate effect.
The BJP’s Punjab unit said the MLA’s comments undermined the state government’s claims about an education transformation. Congress leader Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa also criticised the government, asking what the situation meant for ordinary people if a ruling-party MLA could not obtain a meeting with the Chief Minister. The report does not include a response from the Punjab government to the specific allegations about teacher vacancies.
It also does not state whether the suspension will affect Maiserkhana’s position as a legislator. The dispute has placed a local school staffing complaint at the centre of a wider political argument over the AAP government’s education record.
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