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Bhagwant Mann takes oath as Punjab CM in Bhagat Singh's native village

Bhagwant Mann takes oath as Punjab Chief Minister

Khatkar Kalan: Aam Aadmi Party leader Bhagwant Mann  took oath as the chief minister of Punjab on Wednesday.

He was administered the oath of office by state Governor Banwarilal Purohit at the Khatkar Kalan where the  revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s ancestral village

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

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

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