Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann resigns as Lok Sabha MP
New Delhi, March 14: Punjab Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann tendered his resignation as a member of Lok Sabha on Monday. Mann was an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Sangrur. He met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in the Parliament.
Aam Aadmi Party bagged a landslide victory in the Punjab Assembly elections 2022. Mann, who was the party's chief ministerial candidate, will take the oath on March 16 at the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's native village Khatkar Kalan.
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Notably, Mann has invited Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal to the oath-taking ceremony.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal and Mann held a roadshow in Amritsar on Sunday to express gratitude to the people of the state for giving the party a two-thirds majority in Punjab.
AAP registered a landslide victory in the Punjab polls with 92 seats while Congress won only 18 seats in the 117-member Assembly.
Mann, who was contesting from Dhuri assembly constituency in Sangrur district, won by a margin of 58,206 votes over Congress' Dalvir Singh Goldy.
Mann was announced as AAP's chief ministerial candidate on January 18. Born in Satoj village of Sangrur in 1973, Mann started his career as a comedian. He began his political career in 2011 with the Punjab Peoples Party, which is led by Manpreet Singh Badal. In 2012, he fought the elections from the Lehragaga constituency but lost.
Mann has been elected to the Lok Sabha seat of Sangrur for two terms in a row since 2014. Also Read | Rang De Basanti': Bhagwant Mann urges Punjabis to reach Khatkar Kalan on March 16 -PTC News
Mann has been elected to the Lok Sabha seat of Sangrur for two terms in a row since 2014.
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