AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, on Tuesday, announced Bhagwant Mann, Lok Sabha MP from Sangrur constituency in Punjab, as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly elections.
Kejriwal had, on January 13, asked the people of Punjab to suggest names of their preferred chief ministerial candidates and launched a mobile number for the purpose. The party had received around 22 lakh responses in its campaign. Kejriwal had ruled himself out of the race.
AAP leader Raghav Chadha said it will be only AAP which will go to the state assembly polls with the chief ministerial face. He said none of the other political parties, including the ruling Congress, announced the name of their chief ministerial candidate. So far, the party has announced 112 candidates. Voting for Punjab's 117 assembly seats is scheduled for February 20 and the counting will take place on March 10.
