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Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday left for Punjab to attend the swearing-in ceremony of chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann.Elaborate arrangements have been made for Mann's oath-taking ceremony at Khatkar Kalan -- ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar district. "It's a big day for Punjab today. In this golden morning of new hope, the entire Punjab will today come together and take a pledge to make it a prosperous Punjab. To witness that historic moment, I have also left for Khatkar Kalan, the native village of Shaheed Bhagat Singh," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.

Congress leaders lashed out at senior lawyer and a key member of dissident group G-23, Kapil Sibal, for saying that the Gandhi family should step aside from leadership positions and give others a chance. AICC spokesman Pawan Khera asked Sibal to contest the coming party elections instead of launching a public attack on the Gandhis.

A day after former Congress MLA Ranjit Rawat accused senior leader Harish Rawat of “selling” party tickets in the run-up to the recently-held assembly elections, the former Uttarakhand CM “requested” the high command to expel him. Referring to the Hindu festival of Holi, Harish said it’s an “apt occasion to get rid of evil and evil like Harish Rawat”. He went on to say that such evil should be burned during ‘Holika dahan’. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Harish wrote, “The allegations of selling party tickets and posts are extremely serious in nature.”

The BJP brass on Tuesday held a marathon meeting with its Uttarakhand leadership, a day after announcing observers for the selection of the leader of the legislative party in the state.BJP chief JP Nadda, along with party general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh, held a two-and-half-hour meeting with Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and state BJP chief Madan Kaushik.

Bhagwant Mann will be sworn-in as Punjab chief minister on Wednesday. Elaborate arrangements have been made for his oath-taking ceremony at Khatkar Kalan — ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar district. Mann will take oath alone on Wednesday, said AAP party sources. The Punjab cabinet can have 18 ministers, including the chief minister. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other senior leaders will take part in the ceremony. Officials are expecting over 3 lakh people to attend the event. Officials said full-proof security arrangements have been made for the ceremony.

Having led BJP to a convincing win in the recent assembly elections during the run-up to which he had severely attacked “dynastic politics”, PM Modi on Tuesday targeted those within the party trying to leverage their influence for organising nominations and tickets for their wards. BJP denied tickets to sons of former UP minister Swami Prasad maurya, former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar and Allahabad MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi.