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  • AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal leaves for Punjab to attend Bhagwant Mann’s oath-taking ceremony

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday left for Punjab to attend the swearing-in ceremony of chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann. Elaborate arrangements have been made for Mann’s oath-taking ceremony at Khatkar Kalan — ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar district.

    आज पंजाब के लिए बहुत बड़ा दिन है। नई उम्मीद की इस सुनहरी सुबह में आज पूरा पंजाब इकठ्ठा होकर एक खुशहाल पंजाब बनाने की शपथ लेगा।उस ऐतिहासिक पल का साक्षी बनने के लिए मैं भी शहीद भगत सिंह के पैतृक गाँव खटकड़ कलाँ के लिए रवाना हो गया हूँ।
    — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 16, 2022
    “It’s a big day for Punjab today. In this golden morning of new hope, the entire Punjab will today come together and take a pledge to make it a prosperous Punjab. To witness that historic moment, I have also left for Khatkar Kalan, the native village of Shaheed Bhagat Singh,” Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.

    Over three lakh people are expected to attend Mann’s oath-taking ceremony. The chief minister-designate of Punjab had invited people to attend the ceremony, saying three crore people of the state will also take oath with him.

  • Punjab polls 2022: AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann meets Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A day after the Aam Aadmi Party’s stupendous victory in Punjab, its chief ministerial face Bhagwant Mann met Delhi chief minister and party national convener Arvind Kejriwal at his residence here on Friday.

    Mann arrived in the national capital this morning. This is Mann’s first meeting with Kejriwal after the assembly election results were declared on Thursday. AAP leader Raghav Chadha, who has been overseeing the party’s Punjab affairs, was also present in the meeting.

    The Aam Aadmi Party romped home in 92 of the 117 assembly seats. Mann won from the Dhuri seat by a huge margin of 58,206 votes. Talking to reporters in Sangrur before leaving for the national capital, Mann said he would meet Kejriwal to congratulate him on the party’s victory in Punjab elections.

    Mann has said the oath-taking ceremony will be held at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Nawanshahr district. On the party’s resounding poll victory, Mann said, “The people defeated arrogant persons and they made the common people victorious.”

  • AAP postpones tour of Punjab, will hold prayer meet for state progress

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The ‘Mission Punjab’ tour of the state to be headed by AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, which was scheduled to start from Moga, has been postponed for November 22. This is because AAP workers in Punjab are busy participating in the celebrations with the farmers following the rollback on the farm laws.

    The Aam Aadmi Party has described the jollity of the ‘annadatas’ as the happiness of the country and saluted the 700 slain farmers, who sacrificed their lives and fought for over a year. A party spokesman said that history will remember the farmers’ struggle on every front. 

    “This is the victory of the farmer’s courage, passion and hope, the victory of every family who, regardless of day and night, regardless of sun or rain, fighting with storms and harsh weather by risking their lives, have secured the future of Punjab,” said the AAP spokesperson.

    Meanwhile, Kejriwal along with the party’s Punjab state president and Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann congratulated the farmers from Punjab and the rest of the country on the repeal of three laws. The AAP will organise ‘Sukhmani Sahib paath’ at all the district headquarters across the state on November 20.

    In-charges and volunteers in the district-level, will organise a prayer meet for the progress and prosperity of Punjab with recitation of ‘Sukhmani Sahib Paath’. Bhagwant Mann termed the announcement by PM Modi to repeal the three agricultural laws as a victory of the farmers and congratulated the farmers of the country. 

    Mann said that the BJP leaders who called the farmers of the country, separatists, Naxalites and traitors, should apologise and that the Union government should also compensate the families of the slain farmers. Mann also added that the credit for the Centre’s decision on the rollback goes solely to the farmers.

    He observed that no political party is entitled to take credit. “In Punjab, the Congress, Akali Dal and BJP have become objects for people’s ire. Earlier, Amarinder Singh used to share government with the BJP and now he will share seats. Amarinder’s alliance with the BJP has now come to light,” said Mann.

  • Farmers’ protest: All political parties but BJP in Punjab support bandh

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: In Punjab, all political parties minus BJP supported the Bharat Bandh call against the three farm laws. Former Haryana chief minister and leader of the opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said that the Union government should talk to the protesting farmers without putting any prior condition.

    Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi tweeted: “I Stand With Farmers & appeal the Union Govt to repeal the three anti-farmer laws. Our farmers have been struggling for their rights for more than a year and it is high time that their voice was heard. I request the farmers to raise their voice in a peaceful manner.”

    #IStandWithFarmers & appeal the Union Govt. to repeal the three anti farmer laws. Our farmers have been struggling for their rights since more than a year & it is high time that their voice is heard. I request the farmers to raise their voice in a peaceful manner.#आज_भारत_बंद_है pic.twitter.com/sN97pId987
    — Punjab Pradesh Congress Sevadal (@SevadalPB) September 27, 2021
    Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu said the PPCC firmly stood by the Bharat Bandh call. “Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee firmly stands by farmer unions’ demand for Bharat Bandh on 27 Sept 2021. In the war of right and wrong, you cannot afford to be neutral!! We urge every Congress worker to fight with all their might against the three Unconstitutional Black Laws!” he tweeted.

    Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee firmly stands by Farmer Unions demand for Bharat Bandh on 27 Sept 2021. In the war of right and wrong you can not afford to be neutral !! We urge every Congress worker to fight with all their might against the three Unconstitutional Black Laws !!
    — Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) September 26, 2021
    The AAP Punjab congratulated the farmers’ organisations for the “success” of the Bharat Bandh and supported the call by actively participating in it.

    ‘ਆਪ’ ਡਟੀ ਕਿਸਾਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ਼!ਕਿਸਾਨ ਮੋਰਚੇ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਮੋਦੀ ਦੇ ਕਾਲ਼ੇ ਕਾਨੂੰਨਾਂ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਬੰਦ ਦੌਰਾਨ MLA ਮਹਿਲਕਲਾਂ ਕੁਲਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਪੰਡੋਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਵਲੰਟੀਅਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਸਾਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਝੰਡੇ ਹੇਠ ਧਰਨੇ ‘ਚ ਸ਼ਮੂਲੀਅਤ ਕੀਤੀ। pic.twitter.com/jWhakrUd75
    — AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) September 27, 2021
    AAP MLA and Kisan Wing state president Kultar Singh Sandhwan said that the nationwide shutdown by the farmers had given a clear-cut message to the Modi government and the BJP that the farmers couldn’t be suppressed at any cost and wouldn’t go back till the black farm laws were repealed.