Khatkar Kalan

Bhagwant Mann took oath as Chief Minister of Punjab on Wednesday at Khatkar Kalan, the birthplace of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit officiated the swearing-in ceremony.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and other senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders took part in the swearing-in ceremony. Earlier in the day, Raghav Chaddha took to twitter and shared his enthusiam by saying that "Today marks an important day in the history of Punjab as 3 crore Punjabis will together be sworn in as Chief Minister.."

Today marks an important day in the history of Punjab as 3 crore Punjabis will together be sworn in as Chief Minister along with @BhagwantMann. Oath to change this corrupt system & to fulfill dreams of Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh & Babasaheb Ambedkar

Ajj ton har Punjabi CM houga pic.twitter.com/lCPA2gUCJ2

— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) March 16, 2022

एक रंगला पंजाब बनाने के लिए आज पूरा पंजाब शपथ ले रहा है। LIVE https://t.co/JUhUs6GKbu

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 16, 2022

The Aam Aadmi Party registered a landslide victory, winning 92 seats in the 117-seat Punjab Assembly. Arvind Kejriwal, Akhilesh Yadav, MK Stalin also congratulated the youngest sworn-in CM of Punjab.

पंजाब के नव निर्वाचित मुख्यमंत्री श्री भगवंत मान जी को शपथ समारोह के लिए अनंत बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएँ!

आशा है उनके कुशल नेतृत्व में पंजाब में तरक़्क़ी, भाईचारे और नये नज़रिये की फसल ख़ूब लहलहाएगी। pic.twitter.com/fVgUGrbCX1

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 16, 2022

My hearty wishes to Thiru. @BhagwantMann, who is swearing in as Chief Minister of Punjab today. Tamil Nadu & Punjab share a long history of being vocal about linguistic rights & rights of the state in the Indian Union. Wishing the new government in Punjab, a successful tenure.

— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) March 16, 2022

Mann in a video message released earlier invited the people of the state for his oath-taking ceremony, urging men to wear 'basanti (yellow)' turbans and women yellow 'dupatta (stole)' for the ceremony. Notably, Mann has been wearing yellow turbans, which is identified with Bhagat Singh. 

Mann, who was contesting from Dhuri assembly constituency in Sangrur district, won by a margin of 58,206 votes over Congress' Dalvir Singh Goldy.

ALSO READ: Sidhu resigns as Punjab Congress chief

Mann, 48, is the youngest Chief Minister of the state since the 1970s.