Chandigarh: Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann will sworn as chief minister at Khatkar Kalan, Bhagat Singh’s ancestral village.

This event has been attended by the party’s national convener, Arvind Kejriwal, along with all its Punjab MLAs.

However, outgoing Congress CM Charanjit Singh Channi was invited to the oath-taking ceremony.

AAP won 92 seats in the 117-member assembly, marking the biggest victory in the state to date.

The three different stages have been installed in the venue including one for oath taking ceremony as Punjab CM, the second one for the Delhi chief minister and his cabinet colleagues, and the third one for all AAP’s winning candidates in the recently-concluded Punjab elections.

Meanwhile, AAP invited Congress MP Manish Tiwari, who shared the invitation on Twitter and congratulated Mann. He said, “I congratulate @BhagwantMann on being sworn in as Chief Minister

I thank him for inviting me to his swearing in. Due to Parliament being in session I will not be able to make it .It is ironic I was not invited to @CHARANJITCHANNI ‘s swearing in though he was one of my MLA’s.”

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Chandigarh: Chief Minister Candidate of Aam Aadmi Party Bhagwant Mann on Thursday termed his party’s triumph as victory of the Punjabis.

Giving his maiden speech after winning the election from Dhuri with a gigantic margin, Mann announced that his oath-taking ceremony to be held at Khatkarkalan SBS Nagar district, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

He further said that CM’s photo will not be installed in government offices as is the custom but offices will have photos of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and Dr Br Ambedkar ji.

Taking dig at Badal family’s defeat in Punjab Assembly, Mann said that people of Punjab took revenge from them for spoiling the Punjab and now five time CM Parkash Badal, his son Akali president Sukhbir Badal and even Bikram Majithia lost the elections.

He said that result of his good governance would be visible to people within one month and his first priority will be to provide jobs to unemployed youths in the state.

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