Bhagwant Mann to be Chief Minister candidate of AAP

Chandigarh, Jan 18 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab President and MP Bhagwant Mann will be the chief ministerial candidate of the party for upcoming Punjab Legislative Assembly elections, the party announced on Tuesday.
In an event organised by the party on Tuesday, AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal declared Bhagwant Mann as the party’s CM face in Punjab. Bhagwant Mann’s mother Harpal Kaur and sister Manpreet Kaur were also present on the occasion.
Announcing Bhagwant Mann’s name as the CM candidate, Kejriwal said that 21,59,437 people had expressed their opinion on the number, released by AAP on January 13 for the same. He said that 93.3 per cent people elected Bhagwant Mann as their choice to be Punjab’s CM and now party has officially declared him as its CM candidate for the upcoming elections. Navjot Singh Sidhu came out as second choice with 3.6 per cent votes. While declaring Bhagwant Mann as party’s CM face, he said, “Every Punjabi is proud of my younger brother Bhagwant Mann.”
Kejriwal said, “I had already excluded myself from the race of Chief Minister, but some people still suggested my name. We excluded all the votes that suggested my name. Traditional parties often hand over the power to their immediate family members and relatives. Bhagwant is my younger brother, if I had declared him as the chief minister’s face myself; people would have said that I’ve chosen my brother as CM candidate. That’s why we started a new democratic tradition to elect the CM candidate. For the first time in the history of India, the people of Punjab have chosen their chief ministerial candidate.”
As soon as the name of Bhagwant Mann was announced as the CM candidate of party, the AAP MP was seen getting emotional too after hearing the announcement. Kejriwal hugged him and gave him love and best wishes.
Mann said that he is a dedicated soldier of the party and he’d fulfil every responsibility that’s bestowed upon him by the party as well as the people of Punjab. He said that it was an important day for him and party and now his responsibility has doubled. Mann added, “But, we won’t celebrate today. We’ll truly rejoice once we succeeded in our aim to make Punjab happy and prosperous again.” He reiterated that AAP’s agenda is to eradicate drugs from Punjab and to provide employment and quality education to our youth and he’ll celebrate only after achieving all these goals.
He said that his dream is to make Punjab drug free, to provide sufficient employment, best and free education and he wants to make Punjab’s agriculture and farmers prosperous, and he will not rest until all these dreams came true. Mann said that Aam Aadmi Party will bring Punjab on the top again and it’ll again be our country’s jewel like it used to be.
Mann said that he joined politics only to bring back the prosperity and glory of Punjab. At every platform, from road to Parliament of the country, he had raised his voice for Punjab and for the people of Punjab and he’ll continue to do the same. He said that the people of Punjab have given a lot of love to both his comedy and politics.
He assured that on becoming the Chief Minister, he will use this power invested in him by the people to work for the people. After forming the government every decision of the party will be pro-people and he will work for the poor, downtrodden and common people.
Bhagwant Mann’s younger sister Manpreet Kaur is a teacher in a private school in Patiala. She got emotional when her brother’s name was announced as Chief Minister Candidate. She said that we were born and brought up in a very simple family. That is why my brother is well aware of the problems and miseries of the common people. He had raised the problems of the society in his comedy too. Before joining politics, he used to say, laughter comes only when the stomach is full. But today that laughter of Punjab is missing. She said that like his days as comedian he’ll bring a smile on the faces of the people of Punjab and this time by working for their betterment.
Bhagwant Mann’s mother urged the people of Punjab to support his son like they’ve done time and again for the last 30 years. She prayed for everyone’s happiness and said that may God bless Punjab.