Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann on Monday resigned as a member of Lok Sabha from Sangrur. He submitted his resignation to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla. Mann is an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Sangrur.
He reached the Parliament today and said he will miss the house. Mann will deliver his last speech today in Lok Sabha at 3:30 pm.
Earlier today, he took to Twitter today to make the announcement and thanked the people for Sangrur.
"Going to Delhi today, I am resigning from the post of MP of Sangrur. The people of Sangrur have showered me so much love for so many years, so many thanks. Now that I have got an opportunity to serve the whole of Punjab, I promise the people of Sangrur that in a few months their voice will resonate again in the Lok Sabha", he tweeted.
Mann, who was the party's chief ministerial candidate, will take the oath on March 16 at the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's native village Khatkar Kalan.
Notably, Mann has invited Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal to the oath-taking ceremony.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal and Mann held a roadshow in Amritsar today to express gratitude to the people of the state for giving the party a two-third 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.
(With ANI Inputs)
