“I have been told that I will be declared the chief ministerial face, just wait till January, it will happen.” Bhagwant Mann told this correspondent in October 2016, six months before the 2017 Punjab elections, after an interview at a Chandigarh hotel.
This was not to happen for the Sangrur MP, who stunned everyone in 2014 by defeating Akali Dal heavyweight Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa by over 2 lakh votes amid the Narendra Modi wave. AAP There was no CM face in those elections, when opinion polls showed it ahead, and crashed to defeat, winning only 20 seats.
The Aam Aadmi Party backed down on Mann’s announcement that videos surfaced of a drunk Mann struggling to walk or talk straight at several events and controversy over his alcoholism. Mann, an MP, still participated in the 2017 elections and contested against the then deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal from the Jalalabad seat, but lost.
now in Punjab Election 2022The Aam Aadmi Party has returned to its ‘default CM face choice’ in Mann backed by the plebiscite with nearly 22 lakh callers finding no credible face after six months of futile search. The party does not want to repeat its 2017 mistake of not going with any CM face, which it feels bore the brunt of the election. After the 2017 elections, Mann was appointed the state president of the AAP.
But can Mann save now? They’ll have to face a barrage of ridicule again Akali Dal And this Congress On his alcoholism, however, Mann has always said that he is a social drinker and parallels this to say that Captain Amarinder Singh also liked his drink. Mann also backed his electoral record of being the only AAP MP to win a seat (Sangrur) in Punjab in 2019.
Mann’s announcement as the CM face could strengthen the party in the Malwa region, which Sangrur falls in, and which sends more than half of its MLAs to the Punjab Assembly and is crucial to government formation. He has consistently inflicted this on his party, and became angry after he felt reluctance to declare him the CM face for more than a month last year.
In Punjab, before becoming known as a politician, Mann was known as a noted comedian who ruled the local film industry and performed several shows abroad. Great Indian Laughter Challenge In 2008, the TV show further increased his popularity. The Akali Dal and Congress also made fun of Mann’s comedian background.
But Mann’s camp believes that Punjab will have his last laugh.
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