Punjab cabinet swearing-in-ceremony: 10 AAP MLAs to take oath today

Ten MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take oath as Ministers in Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab Cabinet at a swearing-in ceremony in Chandigarh on Saturday (March 19). 

The leaders who will turn out to be part of the cabinet are Harpal Singh Cheema, Baljit Kaur, Harbhajan Singh ETO, Vijay Singla, Lal Chand Kataruchak, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Laljit Singh Bhullar, Bram Shanker and Harjot Singh Bains. 

The swearing-in-ceremony will take place at round 11:00 am in Punjab Raj Bhawan today.

Ten ministers, together with a lady, will likely be inducted within the Bhagwant Mann authorities in Punjab today. Among the 10 ministers, eight are first-time MLAs.

“The new cabinet of Punjab will take oath tomorrow. Many, many congratulations to all the ministers who will be in the AAP government of Punjab. The people of Punjab have given a big responsibility to all of us. We have to serve the people by working hard day and night, and give them an honest government. We have to make Rangla Punjab,” Mann had mentioned in a tweet whereas asserting the cabinet on Friday.

Earlier, on March 17, Punjab’s newly-elected MLAs together with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took oath as members of the Legislative Assembly. 

The legislators have been administered the oath of workplace and secrecy by Protem Speaker Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar. AAP chief and the social gathering’s face for just lately held Punjab meeting polls took oath because the Chief Minister of the state on March 16.

Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has additionally determined to nominate Kultar Singh Sandhwan as Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

After their oath-taking, the newly inducted ministers will assume cost within the Punjab Civil Secretariat and the primary cabinet assembly of the AAP authorities will likely be held within the afternoon, sources mentioned.

There are 18 berths within the cabinet, together with the chief minister. Of the ten, 5 MLAs signify Malwa area, 4 Majha and one legislator is from Doaba.

Four MLAs who will likely be sworn-in as ministers signify reserve constituencies- Dirba, Jandiala, Malout and Bhoa.

The ministers to be inducted embody Harpal Singh Cheema, second-time legislator from Dirba and the social gathering’s Dalit face. He was additionally the Leader of the Opposition within the earlier Assembly.

Two-time Barnala MLA Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer will even discover a berth within the Mann-led cabinet.

Other MLAs to be inducted within the cabinet are Dr Baljit Kaur, Harbhajan Singh from Jandiala, Dr Vijay Singla from Mansa, Lal Chand from Bhoa, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala, Laljit Singh Bhullar from Patti, Brahm Shanker from Hoshiarpur and Harjot Bains from Anandpur Sahib.

Cheema, an advocate by career, had defeated Shiromani Akali Dal’s Gulzar Singh Moonak by a margin of fifty,655 votes.

He was first elected as an MLA in 2017 and likewise served as a member of the Assembly committee on welfare of SCs, STs and BCs.

Meet Hayer, president of the AAP’s youth wing, defeated SAD nominee Kulwant Singh Keetu by a margin of 37,622 votes from Barnala seat.

The lone lady who discovered ministerial berth is Dr Baljit Kaur, who gained from Malout.

An eye surgeon, 46, she is the daughter of Sadhu Singh, who remained an AAP MP from Faridkot from 2014 to 2019.

She joined AAP after resigning from her authorities job on the Muktsar civil hospital. During election conferences, she had even examined eye sufferers.

Kaur defeated SAD nominee Harpreet Singh by 40,261 votes from Malout in Muktsar district.

Dr Vijay Singla, 52, gained from Mansa, the place he defeated well-liked Punjabi singer and Congress candidate Shubhdeep Singh, additionally referred to as Sidhu Moosewala, by an enormous margin of 63,323 votes.

Singla is a dentist and did Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Punjabi University, Patiala.

Harjot Bains has been elected from Anandpur Sahib constituency. He defeated former speaker and Congress candidate Rana Okay P Singh.

Bains, a lawyer by career, had unsuccessfully contested from Sahnewal in 2017. Bains is a former president of the social gathering’s youth wing.

Laljit Singh Bhullar grew to become MLA from Patti seat. He defeated political stalwart Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, who’s the son-in-law of former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. Bhullar joined AAP in 2019.

Harbhajan Singh gained from Jandiala after defeating Punjab Congress working president Sukhwinder Singh Danny.

Harbhajan had unsuccessfully contested from the seat in 2017. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was elected MLA from Ajnala. He defeated SAD candidate Amarpal Singh. Dhaliwal had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amritsar.

Lal Chand Kataruchakk, who was president of the social gathering’s SC wing, gained from Bhoa seat in Pathankot. He trounced Congress candidate Joginder Pal.

Bram Shanker Jimpa has been elected from Hoshiarpur seat. He defeated former minister and Congress nominee Sunder Sham Arora.

Earlier, the names of Aman Arora, Baljinder Kaur and Sarvjit Kaur Manuke, who’re two-time AAP MLAs, have been additionally doing the rounds for ministerial berths.

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit had on Wednesday administered the oath of workplace and secrecy to Bhagwant Mann in a ceremony at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

The AAP recorded a thumping win by claiming 92 of the Assembly’s 117 seats. The ruling Congress gained 18, down from 77 in 2017.

(With businesses inputs) 

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