Known for his unique style of satire, comedian-turned-politician Bhagwant Mann chose the traditional tractor-trolley as his vehicle when he went to file his nomination papers on Monday.
Accompanied by his mother, wife and a big gathering of rickshaw pullers and labourers, Mann stopped the tractor outside the mini-secretariat building and filed his nomination papers.
"Now every common man is with the Aam Aadmi Party, as people of this country are fed up with the old and corrupt political system," he told mediapersons.
"Unemployed youths, labourers, farmers and mothers of drug-addicts, who play a key role in making
governments, are with me. I don't need the company of big politicians," Mann said in a reply to a question.
"In democracy, people make politicians and the latter forget the former after winning elections but this time people will win and politics will lose," he added.
Assets Watch
Bhagwant Mann, AAP candidate from Sangrur
Total declared assets…………… Rs 1.84 crore
Last Time (During assembly polls in 2012) Rs 1.38 crore
Moveable assets …………………… Rs 63.87 lakh
Cash in hand………………………… Rs 1.05 lakh
Vehicle: Toyota Fortuner, Chevrolet Cruze (Rs 41.25 lakh)
Jewellery………………………………Rs 17.85 lakh
Bank balance/fixed deposits……………Rs 9.96 lakh
Investments (valuable household assets) Rs 6 lakh
Immoveable……………………………………….Rs 1.21 crore
(Agriculture land in Sunam worth Rs 27 lakh, commercial building in urban estate, Patiala, worth `43 lakh)
Wife's assets………………………………Rs 2.44 crore
Moveable……………………………………………Rs 19.47 lakh
Immoveable………………………………………Rs 2.25 crore