Bhagwant Mann Meets Punjab Guv, to Take Oath on 16 March

Mann will take oath at 12:30 pm on 16 March, at Bhagat Singh's native village Khatkar Kalan.

The Aam Aadmi Party's Punjab Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann on Saturday, 12 March, said that he will take oath at 12:30 pm on 16 March. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at native village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, the 48-year-old comedian-turned politician said outside the Raj Bhavan.

Mann met Punjab Governor or Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh earlier today, and staked claim to form the government.

Mann on Thursday won the Dhuri seat with a margin of 58,206 votes as AAP scored its maiden victory in the state by scooping up 92 seats in the 117-member Assembly. The Delhi-based party matched Punjab's 60-year record for the most seats won by a single party in the elections.