Chandigarh, Nov. 4 -- Two days after switching from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra on Tuesday resigned as a member of the Punjab legislative assembly. His resignation was accepted by assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan. "Jouramjra, who was elected from Samana, tendered his resignation from the membership of the legislative assembly and his resignation was accepted by the speaker on November 3. Consequently, the seat has fallen vacant," according to the assembly secretariat. Jouramajra is the third AAP legislator to resign from the state assembly in the past 48 hours after joining the BJP. On Monday, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh and Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, who represented the Amritsar North and Sanour assembly constituencies, respectively, had tendered their resignations. The speaker accepted their resignations the same day. With these exits, the AAP's strength in the 117-member assembly has come down to 91. However, no byelections would be held to fill these vacancies, as the term of the present assembly ends in March 2027. htc...