Punjab Assembly Election 2022: Comedian to politician know all about AAP's Chief Minister- designate of Punjab Bhagwant Mann
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: March 10, 2022 03:23 PM2022-03-10T15:23:03+5:302022-03-10T15:23:03+5:30
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Mann was born in a Jat Sikh family on 17 October 1973 to father Mohinder Singh and mother Harpal Kaur in Satoj village of Sangrur district, Punjab, India. He pursued his graduation from Shaheed Udham Singh Government College, Sunam.
Mann participated in youth comedy festivals and inter-college competitions. He won two gold medals at a competition at the Punjabi University, Patiala for the Shaheed Udham Singh Government College, Sunam.
Mann developed comedy routines about typical Indian issues such as politics, business and sport. His first comedy album was with Jagtar Jaggi. Together, they made a television program called Jugnu Kehnda Hai for Alpha ETC Punjabi. Ten years later, they parted ways.
In early 2011, Mann joined the People's Party of Punjab. In 2012, he unsuccessfully contested elections in the Lehra constituency.
In March 2014, Mann joined the Aam Aadmi Party to contest elections in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency. He won by 211,721 votes.
He was also the convener of AAP Punjab but resigned after Arvind Kejriwal tendered an unconditional apology to Bikram Singh Majithia over drug mafia case.
In 2017, he contested elections in Jalalabad against Sukhbir Singh Badal and Ravneet Singh Bittu.[14] He lost the elections to Badal by 18,500 votes
In 2019, during a party rally at Barnala, Mann announced that he had denounced alcohol and swore never to touch it again, after being criticized for his drinking.
In May 2019, he was re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha from Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 Indian general election. He won his second term in the Parliament with a margin of 111,111 votes. He is only Member of parliament from Aam Aadmi Party in the lower house (Lok Sabha) of the parliament. On 18 January 2022, he was chosen as the Chief Minister of Punjab candidate from the Aam Aadmi Party for the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.
The selection was reportedly done by polling from the public and the results were declared by the party chief Arvind Kejriwal.
In May 2019, he was re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha from Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 Indian general election. He won his second term in the Parliament with a margin of 111,111 votes. He is only Member of parliament from Aam Aadmi Party in the lower house (Lok Sabha) of the parliament.
On 9 February, Mann raised issues about farmers in the Lok Sabha. The payment to sugarcane farmers for the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 had been pending. He appealed for clearing the due early along with interest. He asked for compensation for the losses in cotton farmers due to the pest attack. he asked that the Union government should recognize the farmers who died during the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest
