Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Jalandhar West Mohinder Bhagat will be made a minister today. 4 ministers resigned yesterday. But there are discussions that he can be made the Sports Minister. Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann had promised the people during the elections that AAP should make Bhagat win and it is his job to make him a minister.
5 MLAs will be made ministers
Let us tell you that ministers from Jalandhar Kartarpur, Balkar Singh, Chetan Singh Jodmajra, Anmol Gagan Mann, Brahma Shankar Jimpa resigned yesterday. In return, 5 MLAs will be made new ministers. These MLAs will take oath as ministers at 5 pm today. Most of Bhagat's area is such where the biggest businessmen of Punjab associated with the sports industry are sitting.
In such a situation, there is a possibility that he will be made the Sports Minister. Earlier, the Sports Minister was Mean Hair, who resigned after winning the Lok Sabha elections.
Names of these MLAs included
The five new faces who are being discussed to be included in the Punjab cabinet include Hardeep Singh Mundia, Barinder Kumar Goyal, Dr. Ravijot, Taranpreet Singh Sondh and Mahinder Bhagat.
What did CM Mann promise?
CM Mann had promised that if Mohinder Bhagat from Jalandhar West is made to climb one ladder, he will climb the other ladder himself. Here the purpose of CM Mann's statement was linked to making Mohinder Bhagat a minister. There is currently no minister from Jalandhar Urban in the AAP government. However, MLA Balkar Singh from Kartarpur seat of Jalandhar district is definitely a minister in the government.
Mohinder Bhagat's father has been a minister
Mohinder Bhagat's father Chunni Lal Bhagat has also been a minister. He became a minister from BJP quota in the Akali-BJP coalition government. However, he is no longer an active politician. Mohinder Bhagat joined AAP during the Lok Sabha elections. After this, he was given a ticket from Jalandhar West in the by-election. Former minister Bhagat had said that he is no longer associated with BJP or any other party. He has left politics.
He had won by 37,325 votes
In the counting of votes of the by-election, AAP's Mohinder Bhagat won from here by 37,325 votes. He got 55,246 votes. On the contrary, if we add the votes of 15 candidates including BJP, Congress, Akali Dal and independents who contested against him, he still got a total of 39,363 votes.