AAP announces Bhagwant Mann as its chief ministerial candidate for Punjab polls

Voting for Punjab`s 117 assembly seats is scheduled for February 20. Image/Pallav Paliwal

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday announced Bhagwant Mann as its chief ministerial candidate for Punjab assembly elections to be held in February.

Mann is the party's Lok Sabha MP from Sangrur constituency in Punjab.

Kejriwal had on January 13 asked the people of Punjab to suggest names of their preferred chief ministerial candidates and launched a mobile number for the purpose.

Kejriwal then said that though he had wanted party MP Bhagwant Mann's name to be declared as the chief ministerial candidate, the latter insisted that the people of Punjab should make this decision.

Therefore, the party had opened its phone lines for the people of Punjab to suggest a name for the position of CM. Reportedly; it had received 22 lakh responses under this campaign.

Voting for Punjab's 117 assembly seats is scheduled for February 20.

(With ANI inputs)