New Delhi: AAP created historical past in Punjab by routing ruling Congress and blowing different events to smithereens within the 2022 Assembly elections and Bhagwant Mann is all set to take oath because the chief minister of the state on March 16.
While individuals have been wanting to know who all might be becoming a member of Mann’s cupboard, individuals must await some extra time as solely the CM might be sworn in on March 16. According to an ANI report, 16 MLAs might be taking oath as ministers in Punjab however they won’t be sworn in on the identical date as Mann.
The get together might be revealing particulars concerning the swearing-in ceremony of cupboard ministers later.
Mann will take oath because the chief minister of Punjab on March 16 at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of iconic freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
Bhagwant Mann on Saturday staked declare to type authorities within the state after assembly (*16*) Banwarilal Purohit right here.
After the assembly, Mann advised reporters exterior the Raj Bhawan that he handed over a letter of help of his get together MLAs to the governor who accepted it.
“We staked claim to form the government and the governor sahib approved it”, Mann mentioned, quoted a PTI report.
The 48-year-old Mann was elected the AAP Legislature Party chief at a gathering of the get together MLAs in Mohali on Friday.
While AAP bagged a historic win within the Punjab polls by bagging 92 seats within the 117-member meeting, the ruling Congress, which received 77 seats in 2017, was lowered to 18 seats with most of its large leaders together with CM Charanjit Channi and state get together chief Navjot Singh Sidhu confronted humiliating defeat from their respective strongholds.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its earlier ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) failed in securing even a double-digit tally.
The BJP, which had received three seats in 2017 when it had contested in alliance with the SAD, secured solely two seats, whereas SAD received 4 seats.
