New Delhi: Ten MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take oath as Ministers in Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab Cabinet at a swearing-in ceremony in Chandigarh on Saturday.
The leaders who will become a part of the cabinet are Harpal Singh Cheema, Baljit Kaur, Harbhajan Singh ETO, Vijay Singla, Lal Chand Kataruchak, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Laljit Singh Bhullar, Bram Shanker and Harjot Singh Bains. The swearing-in will take place around 11 am today.
“The new cabinet of Punjab will take oath tomorrow. Many, many congratulations to all the ministers who will be in the AAP government of Punjab. The people of Punjab have given a big responsibility to all of us. We have to serve the people by working hard day and night, and give them an honest government. We have to make Rangla Punjab,” Mann had said in a tweet while announcing the cabinet on Friday.
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# AAP leaders Brahm Shankar Jimpa and Harjot Singh Bains take oath as ministers in the Punjab cabinet.
Chandigarh | AAP leaders Brahm Shankar Jimpa and Harjot Singh Bains take oath as ministers in the Punjab cabinet. pic.twitter.com/tnnD9yYk5V
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2022
# AAP leaders Harpal Singh Cheema, Dr Baljit Kaur, Harbhajan Singh ETO, Dr Vijay Singla take oath as ministers in the Punjab cabinet.
# AAP leaders Lal Chand Kataruchak, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Laljit Singh Bhullar take oath as ministers in the Punjab cabinet.
Chandigarh | AAP leaders Lal Chand Kataruchak, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Laljit Singh Bhullar take oath as ministers in the Punjab cabinet. pic.twitter.com/RNzhw0PpYO
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2022
# Punjab’s Cabinet expansion ceremony to be held shortly in Chandigarh. Children of CM Bhagwant Mann – daughter Seerat Kaur Mann and son Dilshan Mann – are also attending the event.
Punjab’s Cabinet expansion ceremony to be held shortly in Chandigarh. Children of CM Bhagwant Mann – daughter Seerat Kaur Mann and son Dilshan Mann – are also attending the event. pic.twitter.com/fOl9UdFTxW
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2022
Earlier, on March 17, Punjab’s newly-elected MLAs including Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took oath as members of the Legislative Assembly. The legislators were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Protem Speaker Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar.
AAP leader and the party’s face for recently held Punjab assembly polls took oath as the Chief Minister of the state on March 16.
AAP recorded a landslide victory in the recently concluded Punjab assembly polls winning 92 seats, sidelining most of its rivals.
