Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Lok Sabha MP from Sangrur constituency in Punjab Bhagwant Mann will be the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly elections. This was announced by Delhi Chief Minister and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal today. This announcement is important ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections.
Punjab Polling will be held in a single phase on February 20 and counting of votes will take place on March 10.
Last week, Arvind Kejriwal asked the people of Punjab to suggest names of their choice for the chief ministerial candidate and launched a mobile number for the purpose.
He even said that his own preference for the post is Bhagwant Mann, who heads the Punjab unit and is an MP from Sangrur.
In the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections, the Congress won an absolute majority in the state by winning 77 seats and ousted the SAD-BJP government after 10 years.
The Aam Aadmi Party has emerged as the second largest party by winning 20 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) managed to win only 15 seats, while BJP got 3 seats.
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