Chandigarh

Punjab Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann will tender his resignation as a member of Lok Sabha on Monday, sources said.

Mann, who is an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Sangrur will meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in the Parliament on Monday.

AAP bagged a landslide victory in Punjab Assembly elections. Mann, who was the party's chief ministerial candidate, will take the oath on March 16 at freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's native village Khatkar Kalan.

On Sunday, Mann and Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal held a roadshow in Amritsar to express gratitude to the people of the state for giving the party a two-thirds majority in Punjab.

AAP registered a landslide victory in the Punjab polls with 92 seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins. Congress won 18 seats in the 117-member Assembly.

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

Mann was announced as AAP's chief ministerial candidate on January 18.

Born in Satoj village of Sangrur in 1973, Mann started his career as a comedian. He began his political career in 2011 with the Punjab Peoples Party, which is led by Manpreet Singh Badal. In 2012, he fought the elections from the Lehragaga constituency but lost.

Later, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party in 2014 and contested the election from the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat. His importance in Punjab politics grew when he defeated veteran leader of Punjab Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, who was then with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

Mann has been elected to the Punjab Lok Sabha seat of Sangrur for two terms in a row since 2014.

He gained popularity from his satires in the TV show 'Jugnu Mast Mast'. He also featured in several other comedy shows.

AAP’s maiden victory in Punjab was a vast improvement on its performance in the 2017 elections when it had finished second behind Congress.