Bhagwant Mann to be AAP's CM Face in Punjab, Announces Arvind Kejriwal
Image Credit: ANI
Who will be the chief ministerial face of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has lifted the veil from it. Kejriwal announced on Tuesday that Bhagwant Mann would be the party's face for the post of CM in Punjab. Kejriwal called Mann his younger brother. The CM of Delhi said that 93.3 percent of the people surveyed have chosen Mann as the face of the post of CM.
People's first choice Bhagwant Mann
Image Credit: File Photo
Let us inform you that polling for 117 assembly seats in Punjab will be held on February 20 and the results will be declared on March 10. Since the start of the assembly elections, there was talk that the party could project Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann as CM in the state. A few days ago, during a 'door to door campaign' in Punjab, Kejriwal said that Bhagwant Mann has suggested people choose the face of the post of CM. Also, Kejriwal said that more than 21 lakh people liked Bhagwant Mann as CM in his opinion.
It is worth noting that in the past, Arvind Kejriwal had said that Bhagwant Mann is the biggest face of Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab, he is also very popular among the people. He had said that why not make Mann the face of CM. After this, he had said that it would be decided only after the opinion of the people. Let us tell you, the AAP party had also issued a number for the opinion of the people.
This time, a direct contest is being considered between Congress and Aam Aadmi Party in the elections. AAP got 20 seats in the last election, while SAD got 15 seats and BJP 3 seats. In the 2017 Assembly Elections, Congress had got 77 seats and formed the government. The Akali Dal, which quit the BJP over three agriculture laws, has allied with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) this time while the BJP is contesting the elections in alliance with Captain Amarinder Singh's Lok Congress Party.
