AAP's Bhagwant Mann to take oath as Punjab CM at Bhagat Singh's ancestral village on 16 March
FirstpostAfter his massive poll win from Dhuri seat by a huge margin of over 58,000 votes, the 48-year-old on Thursday said that his oath-taking ceremony will not be held at Raj Bhawan, as is the custom, but in Khatkar Kalan in Nawanshahr district On the back of a sweep by the Aam Aadmi Party in the Punjab Assembly election, Bhagwant Mann, former comic and two-time Lok Sabha MP, is poised to be crowned as the next chief minister of the border-state on 16 March. After his massive poll win from Dhuri – he won the seat by a huge margin of over 58,000 votes – the 48-year-old on Thursday said that his oath-taking ceremony will not be held at Raj Bhawan, as is the custom, but in Khatkar Kalan in Nawanshahr district, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. AAP CM face for Punjab meets Kejriwal in Delhi Mann also met Delhi chief minister Kejriwal at his residence on Friday and extended an invitation to him to attend both the events, party sources said. मेरा छोटा भाई भगवंत मान पंजाब के मुख्यमंत्री पद की शपथ लेगा। आज वे शपथ ग्रहण का न्यौता देने मेरे घर आए। मुझे पूरा भरोसा है कि भगवंत एक मुख्यमंत्री के तौर पर पंजाब के लोगों की हर उम्मीद को पूरा करेंगे। pic.twitter.com/u2JoH1ZKtH — Arvind Kejriwal March 11, 2022 The Aam Aadmi Party romped home in 92 of the 117 Assembly seats.