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Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann lead grand roadshow to mark landslide Punjab win
AAP won Punjab with 92 of 117 seats. AAP's winning candidates are also attending the victory roadshow.
Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann led a mega roadshow in Punjab's Amritsar on Sunday afternoon to mark a magnificent state election win. In videos shared on social media, both the leaders were seen waving to huge crowds as songs were played out remembering freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Mann, the AAP's CM pick, will take oath on Wednesday at Khatkar Kalan, Bhagat Singh's ancestral village.
In a tweet, Kejriwal, who earlier in the day got a warm welcome from Mann, wrote in Hindi: "After a revolutionary change, huge congratulations to three crore people of Punjab. A roadshow to express gratitude in Guru's town." Shortly before the roadshow, both the leaders visited the iconic Golden Temple and the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial and offered tributes. "We want to thank the people of Punjab. They have given us a huge responsibility," the 48-year-old CM pick told reporters on Sunday morning.
“For the first time after so many years, Punjab has now got an honest chief minister. Now all the money will be spent on Punjab and its people. We will fulfill all the guarantees,” Kejriwal was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
"We've decreased security of 122 people and due to that 403 police personnel and 27 police vehicles have returned to the police stations. No gvernment office will have CM's photos but will have pictures of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Babasaheb Ambedkar," Mann said.
The AAP has promised to bring reforms in the state where the Congress faced a crushing defeat, winning just 18 seats. The AAP's tally is said to be the highest that any party has managed in the state in a very long time. Five-time chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, the Congress's Charanjit Singh Channi and Navjot Singh Sidhu were among the political heavyweights who were defeated by AAP candidates in the state elections this year. The Congress is said to have suffered due to the constant infighting, which also led to the shock exit of Amarinder Singh.
AAP's winning candidates are also attending the victory roadshow.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet on Thursday assured the centre's support to the AAP government. To which, Kejriwal, the next day, replied with a 'thank you'.
Bhagwant Mann was attacked ahead of the polls over his past drinking habits.
