AAP names Bhagwant Mann as its Punjab chief ministerial candidate

Bhagwant Mann is AAP"s state unit chief and is a Lok Sabha MP from the Sangrur constituency in Punjab.

NewsBharati    18-Jan-2022 13:41:40 PM
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Declaring the result of the Aam Aadmi Party’s ‘Janta Chunegi Apna CM’ drive, Arvind Kejriwal has formally announced Bhagwant Mann as its chief ministerial candidate ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections. The announcement was made a public event.

Bhagwant Mann as CM
 
Bhagwant Mann is AAP's state unit chief and is a Lok Sabha MP from the Sangrur constituency in Punjab.
 
Kejriwal said that Bhagwant Mann was chosen on the basis of responses they received under their campaign to elect AAP's CM face for the Assembly polls. He informed that 93% of people voted in favour of Mann's name. The party had received 21.59 lakh responses under its campaign to elect its CM face for the Assembly polls, party leaders said.
 
 
 
Kejriwal, notably, had on January 13 asked the people of Punjab to suggest names of their preferred chief ministerial candidates and had launched a mobile number for the purpose. He had then said though he had wanted party's state unit chief Bhagwant Mann's name to be declared as the chief ministerial candidate.
 
Voting for Punjab's 117 Assembly seats is scheduled for February 20 and the counting will take place on March 10.
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