Bhagwant Mann to take oath as new Punjab Chief Minister today

Aam Admi Party (AAP)'s victorious Punjab candidate  Bhagwant Mann is all set to be sworn in state's Chief Minister at 11.30 am at Khatkar Kalan, Bhagat Singh's ancestral village, in the presence of the party convenor Arvind Kejriwal and all its MLAs while the outgoing CM Charanjit Singh Channi hasn't been invited. The swearing-in ceremony is slated to be an AAP exclusive event according to a report in livemint. Besides Kejriwal, no other Chief Minister will be present in the oath-taking ceremony.

The report also states that no Union Minister or any big leader of the national level has been invited for the oath-taking ceremony, which will be attended only by AAP leaders and party's Punjab leaders. Further, the family members and those who are close to the Chief Minister-designate have been invited to the oath-taking ceremony, besides several artists from Punjab. Ahead of Bhagwant Mann's oath-taking ceremony, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said, "Today is a big day for Punjab... today, the entire Punjab will come together and take a pledge to make Punjab a happy state. To witness that historic moment, I have also left for Khatkar Kalan, the native village of Shaheed Bhagat Singh."