19 March,2022 09:29 PM IST | Chandigarh | ANI
Advocate General Anmol Rattan Singh Sidhu assumes charge. Pic/OfficalTwitterHandle Punjab Government
The newly-appointed Punjab Advocate General Anmol Rattan Sidhu assumed charge on Saturday.
According to the Punjab government, while assuming his charge the new Advocate General pledged to donate his salary towards the treatment of drug addicts and their rehabilitation.
Punjab government on Saturday appointed Anmol Rattan Sidhu, a senior advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, as the new Advocate General of the state.
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"The Governor of Punjab in the exercise of the powers conferred under Article 165 of the Consitution of India is pleased to appoint Dr Anmol Rattan Sidhu, senior Advocate Punjab and Haryana High Court as Advocate General for the state of Punjab with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office," reads the state government notification.
The decision comes after the Aam Admi Party (AAP) government was elected to power in Punjab and Bhagwant Mann took office as the chief minister.
The AAP won a landslide victory in the recently concluded Punjab Assembly polls, winning 92 seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins of the electoral politics in the state.
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