Mann Ki Baat: I want to be CM

Chandigarh/Jalandhar: The tug of war between AAP leaders for the CM’s post has come out in the open. One of the main contenders, Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann, has started campaigning for the post. During a rally in Jagraon on Friday, Mann asked the audience to raise their hands if they wanted him as the Chief Minister. He repeated this exercise at other rallies. However, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal had said recently that only the elected candidates would take a call on picking the CM. When asked about the matter, party’s political affairs incharge Sanjay Singh quipped in Jalandhar on Sunday, “Mann has said that if the party makes him the CM, he will be happy. No person will ever say that he will be unhappy to be CM.”  TNS

EC scissors threaten AAP film

Chandigarh: When a party has actors Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi and Bhagwant Mann in its ranks, reaching out to the masses through films is an obvious choice. The Aam Aadmi Party has made a film highlighting issues such as the drug menace, sacrilege, lack of development, and family rule in Punjab. AAP wants to show the movie during its rallies, besides posting it on social media. But the party will have to wait .The Election Commission has asked for 10 cuts. “We have appealed against the cuts. There is nothing objectionable in the film. It is based on our manifesto,” said a party spokesperson. TNS

SGPC member Gora joins Congress 

Muktsar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member and SAD leader Gurpal Singh Gora, along with his supporters and some sarpanches, joined the Congress in the presence of PPCC vice-president Manpreet Singh Badal, Indian Youth Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and Congress candidate from Malout Ajaib Singh Bhatti in Gidderbaha on Sunday. Gora told the gathering that he was upset with the SAD after the desecration incidents. TNS

Cong MLA’s brother, nephew join APP 

Gurdaspur: Dera Baba Nanak Congress MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa’s brother Inderjit Singh and nephew Deepinder Singh Randhawa joined the Sucha Singh Chhotepur-led Aapna Punjab Party (APP) here on Sunday. Soon after joining the party, Chhotepur announced that Deepinder Randhawa would be the party candidate from the Dera Baba Nanak seat. He will be engaged in a four-cornered contest with Sukhjinder, GS Khushalpur (AAP) and 

former minister Sucha Singh Langah (SAD). TNS