AAP Leader Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab chief minister

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Aam Aadmi Party leader Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the Punjab chief minister on Wednesday.

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mann in the swearing-in ceremony that took place at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Punjab’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar district. Mann took oath in Punjabi.

Besides newly-elected AAP MLAs, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, and other leaders wearing yellow turbans took part in the ceremony.

The AAP romped home winning 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly, decimating the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party combine.

Punjab’s new Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann quotes Bhagat Singh after taking oath. “Ishq karna sabka paidaishi haq hai kyun na is baar watan ki sarzamin ko mehboob bana liya jaye,” Mann says. 

He also appealed to the newly-elected MLAs to not get arrogant. “We have to respect even those who didn’t vote for us. I thank you all and the AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal,” the Punjab CM said.