An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporter flashes the victory sign, to celebrate the party's lead. Pic/PTI
Bhagwant Mann’s mother Harpal Kaur gets emotional in first appearance after result. Mann, a Punjab MP from Sangrur and Aam Aadmi Party's face for the Punjab assembly polls, is set to be the next chief minister with the party poised for a historic verdict in the state.
Bhagwant Mann said that the thrust areas for his government would be improving the condition of schools, health infrastructure, bringing back industry, making agriculture profitable, providing security to women and improving sports infrastructure
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday termed the massive victory of his party in Punjab as 'Inquilab'.
It was not just a simple victory. In fact, the AAP trounced the 2022 Assembly polls this time by winning over 90 seats in the 117-seat Punjab Assembly. It is the first time that the party has expanded its political footprint beyond Delhi.
Calling Mann his "younger brother", Arvind Kejriwal said that of the total responses, 93.3 per cent wanted Mann.
Mann said that no government office will display photograph of the chief minister. He instructed party members and cabinet ministers to only display pictures of Bhagat Singh and B R Ambedkar in their offices and other walls of government offices
Young boy dressed up as Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann with AAP supporters celebrate the party's win in Punjab Assembly polls, at the party headquarters.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Jeevan Jyot Kaur defeated Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on the Amritsar East Assembly seat in Punjab.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters celebrate the party's win in the Punjab Assembly elections
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