Delhi Chief Minister & AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.
Highlight
- Many big leaders of AAP, who defeated rival parties, did not find a place in Mann’s cabinet.
- Cabinet berths not given to leaders who defeated Channi, Parkash Singh Badal
- There are 18 berths in the cabinet including the Chief Minister.
Several AAP MLAs, who emerged as big killers by defeating political stalwarts of rival parties in the Punjab Assembly elections, did not find a place in Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s cabinet.
These include Labh Singh Ugake, who defeated former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi by a margin of 37,558 votes in Bhadaur assembly constituency, and Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, who defeated Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal from his traditional Long seat. Was. 11,396 votes.
While Yugoke once ran a mobile repair shop, Khudiyan had joined the AAP last year after leaving the Congress.
Social activist Jeevanjyot Kaur (50) defeated former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia from Amritsar East seat from Amritsar East seat.
Eye Surgeon Charanjit Singh dusted Channi in his home area of Chamkaur Sahib.
AAP candidate Ajit Pal Singh Kohli defeated two-time Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in Patiala Urban, while Jagdeep Kamboj defeated SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal in Jalalabad.
Some of the two-time MLAs, including Aman Arora, Baljinder Kaur and Sarvjit Kaur Manuke, did not even get ministerial berths.
Ten AAP MLAs, including a woman, were on Saturday inducted into the Mann-led cabinet in Punjab. Barring Harpal Singh Cheema and Gurmeet Singh Meet Hare, eight others have become MLAs for the first time.
There are 18 berths in the cabinet including that of the Chief Minister.
AAP returned to power winning 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly. Mann took oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab on Wednesday.
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