Punjab election results 2022: Sukhbir Badal congratulates Bhagwant Mann on win
Chandigarh, March 11: Following the victory of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Punjab Assembly elections 2022, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday congratulated Punjab's CM-elect Bhagwant Mann on a landslide win. At the same time, the SAD chief said he accepted the verdict given by the public.
Sukhbir Singh Badal said, “I congratulate AAP's Chief Minister candidate Bhagwant Mann. I assure him that the Shiromani Akali Dal will support him on all matters concerning Punjab."
Also read | Jammu and Kashmir: Army's Cheetah chopper crashes in Bandipora's Gurez
At the same time, the SAD president also thanked SAD workers for working hard during the Punjab Assembly elections. He said the SAD was a party of Sikh Panth and Punjabis.
Sukhbir Singh Badal said it did not matter if they were in or out of the Vidhan Sabha. He said they would continue to work for the welfare of Punjab. He claimed that their party workers were still upbeat.
Punjab Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann has won from Sangrur district's Dhuri Assembly constituency by a margin of 58,206 votes over Congress' Dalvir Singh Goldy. He announced that his oath-taking ceremony will be held at Khatkarkalan in Nawanshahr district, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
It is the AAP's maiden victory in Punjab and a vast improvement from its performance in the 2017 elections when it had finished second behind the Congress.
Also read | Punjab Cabinet approaches Guv for dissolution of 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha
The ruling Congress managed to secure 18 seats in the 117-member Assembly while BJP ended up with two. The SAD has bagged three seats and the BSP has won only one.
Punjab witnessed a multi-cornered contest with key players being Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance, and the coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party-former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress and SAD (Sanyukt) led by SS Dhindsa.
-PTC News
