Aam Aadmi Party leader Bhagwant Mann is set to be sworn in as the the first Chief Minister of the party on March 16, 2022. Defying the tradition of conducting the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan, Mr. Mann and his cabinet colleagues will take oath at at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of freedom fighter ‘Shaheed-e-Azam’ Bhagat Singh.
"The golden rays of the sun have brought a new dawn today. Today the whole Punjab will take oath at Khatkar Kalan to make the dreams of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Baba Sahib come true," Mr. Mann tweeted in Punjabi on Wednesday.
The Punjab Chief Minister-designate, through a video message on March 14, invited the people of the State for his oath-taking ceremony to be held on March 16. He also urged the men to wear 'basanti' (yellow) turbans and women yellow 'dupatta' (shawl) on that day.