Mann is AAP’s CM face for Punjab

Chandigarh (PTI): Bhagwant Mann will be the AAP’s chief ministerial face for the February 20 Punjab Assembly polls, the party announced on Tuesday. The Sangrur MP assured people that he will work for their welfare and put the state back on its feet again if the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is voted to power.

Polling for Punjab’s 117 Assembly seats is scheduled to be held on February 20 and the counting of votes will be taken up on March 10. The wait for the AAP’s declaration of its chief ministerial face got over on Tuesday when its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal announced the results of the party’s “Janta Chunegi Apna CM” drive, in which it had asked the people of Punjab who should be its choice for the top post.

The AAP had launched a mobile number on January 13, on which people were asked to give their opinion till 5 pm on January 17. The party received over 21.59 lakh responses under the campaign, Kejriwal, who arrived from Delhi to make the announcement, said.