Bhagwant Mann to take oath as Punjab CM shortly

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 Chandigarh: Aam Admi Party (AAP)’s Punjab face Bhagwant Mann is all set to be sworn in state’s Chief Minister today at Khatkar Kalan, Bhagat Singh’s ancestral village along and AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal will be present in the meeting.

In a tweet just ahead of taking oath of office in this village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, who laid down his life for the country’s Independence, Mann tweeted in Hindi and Punjabi by saying, “The golden ray of sun has brought a new dawn today. To realize the dreams of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Baba Saheb, the whole of Punjab will take oath today at Khatkar Kalan.”

Mann will become state’s youngest chief minister at the age of 48 in nearly four decades.

AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is attending the searing-in ceremony, congratulated Mann on his success and invited the people to work together for the state’s development.

“Today is a big day for Punjab. In this golden morning of new hope, today the whole of Punjab will come together and take a pledge to make a prosperous Punjab,” he tweeted.

Raghav Chadha, party’s Punjab co-in-charge, tweeted: “Today marks an important day in the history of Punjab as three crore Punjabis will together be sworn in as chief minister along with Bhagwant Mann.”

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is all set to herald a new ‘Inquilab’ or revolutionary spirit, this is what the party that came to power in Punjab by sweeping the assembly polls with a three-fourth majority is indicating.

According to AAP sources, no other Chief Minister will be present in the oath-taking ceremony, no Union Minister or any big leader of the national level has been invited for the oath-taking ceremony, it will be attended only by AAP leaders and party’s Punjab leaders.

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