Bhagwant Mann with Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhawan.
Chandigarh:
Aam Aadmi Party chief and Punjab chief minister-elect Bhagwant Mann met Governor Banwarilal Purohit right now to stake declare to type the brand new authorities within the state. The swearing-in ceremony can be held at native village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh at 12.30 pm on March 16, the 48-year-old comedian-turned politician mentioned outdoors the Raj Bhavan.
“People from houses across Punjab will come to the ceremony, they will also pay tribute to Bhagat Singh. We will have a good cabinet, historic decisions -that were never made before – will be made. So, you will have to wait,” Mr Mann was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
The AAP chief reached the Raj Bhawan round 10:30 am.
Mr Mann, who gained from the Dhuri seat by over 58,000 votes, was elected the AAP’s legislature social gathering chief at a gathering of the social gathering MLAs in Mohali on Friday.
In his first directions to Aam Aadmi Party’s new MLAs, Mr Mann asked them to spend maximum time in their constituencies, not in capital Chandigarh, and don’t hanker for cabinet berths.
“We must work for all these locations the place we went to hunt votes. All MLAs should work within the areas from the place they’ve been elected, not simply keep in Chandigarh,” Mr Mann said after he was elected leader of the AAP Legislative Party in the state – a formality ahead of his swearing-in scheduled for March 16.
“We can have 17 cupboard ministers apart from the Chief Minister. Nobody has to get upset. You are all cupboard ministers,” he told the meeting of 92 MLAs including himself.
He also appealed to all of them not to get arrogant and work for even those who have “not voted for the social gathering”.
“I attraction to all of you to not be boastful. Work even for many who haven’t voted for you. You are the MLAs of the Punjabis. They have elected the federal government,” he mentioned.
AAP registered an enormous win within the elections scooping up 92 seats within the 117-member Assembly.
The Delhi-based social gathering matched Punjab’s 60-year file for essentially the most seats gained by a single social gathering within the elections which despatched giants from throughout events together with incumbent Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Congress state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh house with pink slips.
