Chandigarh, March 30 -- Punjab advocate general (AG) Gurminder Singh has resigned from his post, said people in know of the matter on Saturday. He is the third AG to have resigned in the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government's three- year tenure. It's immediately not clear whether the government has accepted his resignation or not.

The first one to resign was AG Anmol Rattan Sidhu in July 2022. He was replaced by senior advocate Vinod Ghai, who also tendered resignation in October 2023, following which Gurminder Singh was appointed.

According to people familiar with the development, the move is part of a "image makeover" exercise in the backdrop of AAP's debacle in Delhi assembly polls.

Last month, 200-odd Punjab law officers were reportedl...