AAP wins confidence motion in Punjab Assembly

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab won a confidence motion in the 117-member Assembly on Friday.

The motion was moved by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann during a special one-day session, days after seven of the AAP’s ten MPs in the Rajya Sabha split from the party and announced that they were joining the Bharatiya Janata Party’s legislature unit.

The AAP has a majority in the Punjab Assembly with 94 MLAs. The Congress has 16 MLAs and the Shiromani Akali Dal has three. Two of the legislators belong to the BJP, one to the Bahujan Samaj Party and one is an Independent.

Of AAP’s 94 MLAs, 88 were present in the Assembly when voting on the confidence motion took place, reported The Times of India. While two MLAs are abroad, two are in jail and two were hospitalised.