Bhagwant Singh Mann, AAP's MP from Sangrur, is also a professional comedian. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has named Bhagwant Mann as the party’s chief ministerial face for the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab, who will contest from Dhuri seat. In May 2014, Mann became the MP for Sangrur constituency, Punjab. Bhagwant Mann is the only member of parliament from the Aam Aadmi Party in the lower house (Lok Sabha) of the parliament. Born into a Sikh family, Mann also performs skits in the Punjabi language. He is a comic poet with political satire in it. In early 2011, Mann joined the People's Party of Punjab. In 2012, he unsuccessfully contested elections in the Lehragaga constituency. Mann's political journey took a turn after he joined Aam Aadmi Party in 2014 to contest elections in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency and won by 211,721 votes. Mann was also the convener of AAP Punjab but resigned after Arvind Kejriwal tendered an unconditional apology to Bikaramjeet Majithia over the drug mafia case. In 2017, Mann contested elections in Jalalabad against Sukhbir Singh Badal and Ravneet Singh Bittu. He lost the elections to Badal by 18,500 votes. Mann had an alcohol addiction and had been often found drunk during parliamentary sessions. His alleged problems with alcohol became a huge controversy ahead of the 2017 Punjab elections. However, he does not have any criminal records against him. In 2019, to handle this controversy AAP held a rally at Barnala, where he swore not to touch alcohol again. And later in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Mann won again from the Sangrur constituency by 111,111 votes.
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Amid speculations that AAP is trying to woo Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu ahead of the 2022 assembly polls, party's Punjab chief Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said they have not held any talks at the "official-level" with the cricketer-turned-politician.
In 2016, the suspended AAP MP Harinder Singh Khalsa had complained against Mann to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, requesting her to change his seat in the Parliament as Mann, who sat next to him, was stinking of alcohol.
"Friends, Bhagwant Mann has won my heart. Not only mine, he also won the hearts of whole Punjab,” said Kejriwal.
Recalling the charges levelled by Delhi CM, Majithia stated, "Back then I had said that Kejriwal would either withdraw his allegations, apologize or will go to jail. And, it has happened now."
A day after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised to former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia over drugs charge, party’s Punjab unite president Bhagwant Mann has resigned from the post.
At a meeting of the AAP Political Affairs Committee (PAC) in New Delhi, a roadmap to revamp the Punjab unit of the party was also approved.
The video, shot well before the results were out, shows AAP leader Sanjay Singh and other party members rejoicing what they believe would be a certain win for the party in Punjab
Holding him guilty of putting the security of the Parliament House and its occupants at risk, the Lok Sabha today adopted a resolution suspending Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann from the House proceedings for the remaining part of the ongoing
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Friday informed that she has extended AAP MP Bhagwant Mann’s quantum of punishment till December 9 for uploading the controversial video of the Parliament House complex on social media.
Member of Parliament from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Bhagwant Mann has been found guilty by a Lok Sabha panel which was probing his Parliament House videography issue.
In a shocking incident, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann on Thursday instigated party workers to throw mediapersons out of a rally in Fatehgarh Sahib of Punjab.
Facing backslash from his fellow party members over accusations of allegedly taking bribe, Aam Aadmi Party's Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur today said he won't leave the party on his own. In an interaction with
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today alleged that its party MP Bhagwant Mann was facing "unprecedented witchhunt" with the entire BJP "ganging up" against him.
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has advised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann not to attend the Parliament until a decision is taken on his controversial parliament security breach video.
The interstate council incident held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan where Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was refrained from carrying his cellphone may have acted as the trigger for Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann, who appeared
A group of Lok Sabha members have requested Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to send Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann to a Rehab centre to cure him of his alleged drug-addiction.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann has written a five-page letter to the nine-member parliamentary panel explaining his side of the story on the Parliament video row.
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