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Only AAP CM pick Bhagwant Mann to take oath on Wednesday in Punjab: Report

Mar 13, 2022 01:55 PM IST

Punjab election: The AAP won the state election with a huge majority. 

Only AAP chief ministerial pick for Punjab, Bhagwant Singh Mann, will take oath on Wednesday, news agency ANI reported, adding that other MLAs will be sworn in later. The AAP won by a huge margin on Thursday in the state, winning 92 of 117 assembly seats.This is the second state after Delhi that will have an AAP government.

Punjab chief minister-elect Bhagwant Mann meets governor Banwarilal Purohit to stake claim to form the new government in Chandigarh on Saturday. (ANI)(HT_PRINT)
Punjab chief minister-elect Bhagwant Mann meets governor Banwarilal Purohit to stake claim to form the new government in Chandigarh on Saturday. (ANI)(HT_PRINT)

Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann are all set to lead a victory roadshow in Amritsar on Sunday afternoon to mark the magnificent win. Both the leaders visited the iconic Golden Temple and the Jallianwala Bagh memorial ahead of the procession that is also likely to be attended by other winning candidates of the party.

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Mann, who has said that people have voted for a change, announced that his government will priortise the needs of the common man. He met governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday to stake claim to form government. “We staked claim to form the government and the governor sahib approved it,” Mann told reporters after submitting a letter of support of his party MLAs to the governor at the Raj Bhawan.

The 48-year-old comedian-turned-politician will take oath at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. “We invite the people of Punjab (for the ceremony). Every Punjabi will take oath on that day...we will vow to sacrifice everything for the progress of Punjab. We will pay tributes to Bhagat Singh," he said on Saturday.

Arvind Kejriwal has also been invited to attend the oath ceremony.

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