Punjab Elections: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the Punjab Assembly elections with two-time Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann as the chief ministerial face.
AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made this announcement at the Mohali club on Tuesday. In this way, AAP has become the first party in the state which has declared its chief ministerial face for the assembly elections.
He said that the whole of Punjab was looking at the Aam Aadmi Party as a hope. It is a huge responsibility and I am sure Bhagwant Maan will bring a smile to every Punjabi’s face. If I myself had made Bhagwant Mann the CM face of the party, people would have said that like other parties, Kejriwal has also indulged in nepotism. That’s why we issued a phone number and asked three crore people of Punjab that you tell who should be the CM face of Punjab? We got 21 lakh 59 thousand 437 responses from people from all over Punjab through SMS, WhatsApp and calls, out of which 93.3 percent people took the name of Bhagwant Mann as the CM face of ‘AAP’.
He said that it is a historic day for Punjab in many ways. Who should be the CM face of Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab? Every Punjab person is eagerly waiting for this. Wherever I used to go, people used to ask the same question, who is the bridegroom? Who is the CM face of Aam Aadmi Party? I used to tell everyone to be patient, because the fruit of patience is sweet. We will give you such a CM face, on which every Punjabi will be proud. Today the hour has come to announce him. We went through a different process to find the CM face. In Punjab, we have seen that in other traditional parties, some make their son the CM face, some make their daughter-in-law and some make their family man.
Meanwhile, AAP’s Punjab chief and MP Bhagwant Mann got emotional and tears welled up when he was declared the party’s chief ministerial face. He said that the responsibility given to him by the people of Punjab and the party, he will fulfill it with double zeal. His dream is to bring back the glory of Punjab.
Bhagwant Mann said that today is a very big day for Punjab. The people of Punjab must have been very curious that who will be the CM face of Aam Aadmi Party? I have always said that I am a true soldier of Aam Aadmi Party. Even if my duty is assigned to paste the poster, I will stick the poster, provided that my Punjab is fixed. If my duty is assigned to sweep a square in Ludhiana, then I will do it, provided that my Punjab is fixed. When I was a comedian, people would already laugh seeing my face. There would be such a big change in my life, I had never thought that. Now when I go to any meeting or public meeting, people start crying after seeing my face that save Punjab. Our children have fallen into the wrong company. I often used to say that the savior is God or the savior is the people, you are the people. People have to come forward. We can only be a means. Abdul Kalam had said, “Dreams are not those which are seen in sleep, dreams are those which do not let you sleep.” The dream of making Punjab a good Punjab again does not let the Aam Aadmi Party sleep. . The dream of giving employment to the youth of Punjab does not let the AAP sleep. The dream of making Punjab’s agriculture better does not let you sleep. The dream of increasing employment and providing jobs to the youth does not let the whole Aam Aadmi Party sleep again by giving an atmosphere of peace to the traders of Punjab.
He said that today the party has given me a huge responsibility. Along with the party, lakhs of people of Punjab have reposed faith in me. Now double responsibility has come on me. That’s why I will now act with double zeal. At first we do not sleep and are engaged in this work from the very beginning. If the green colored pen of power comes in our hands to improve Punjab, to make a difference in the lives of the people, then that pen will always work for the needy people and the poor, that pen will not work for any chela-chapata or chamchas. Our first objective is that we should first form the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab. Punjab has fallen many times, Punjab has also stood up many times. Punjab knows how to stand. The youth of Punjab are going abroad for employment, we will stop them too and get jobs here according to their degree. Whose heart wants to leave his home and go abroad for a job. I appeal that we all have to work hard. If the Aam Aadmi Party government will be formed, then we will take all the people of Punjab along.
It is noteworthy that Bhagwant Mann is presently AAP’s MP from Sangrur and is going to contest assembly elections from Dhuri assembly constituency of this Lok Sabha constituency.