Bhagwant Mann Becomes First AAP Chief Minister of Punjab

Bhagwant Mann Becomes First AAP Chief Minister of Punjab as He Takes Oath Today

Bhagwant Mann of Aam Admi Party took oath as Punjab's 17th Chief Minister in a ceremony held at Khatkar Kalan, the birthplace of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

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Aam Admi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other senior party members attended the swearing-in ceremony.

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The party recorded a landslide victory, winning 92 seats in the 117-seat Punjab Assembly. The win also marks the expansion of the AAP government outside Delhi.

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Mann won by a margin of 58,206 votes from Dhuri Assembly constituency in Sangrur district. He was also a Lok Sabha member of Parliament before taking the oath.

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The Arvind Kejriwal-led party will now have two states Delhi, and Punjab.

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In the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls, the AAP emerged as the second-largest party winning 20 seats in the 117-member Assembly.

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