Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrived as the chief guest in this oath-taking ceremony.(Photo: Facebook/Bhagwant Mann)
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann today administered the oath of office to the newly elected Sarpanches during a state-level function at Cycle Valley located at village Dhanansu in Ludhiana. Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrived as the chief guest in this oath-taking ceremony.
During the state-level function, 10031 sarpanches of 19 districts out of the newly elected 13147-gram panchayats in 23 districts across the state were administered the oath of office by the Chief Minister in the recently held panchayat elections in the state.
Sarpanchs of the remaining four districts Sri Muktsar Sahib, Hoshiarpur, Barnala and Gurdaspur and 81,808 newly elected panches of 23 districts will be sworn in after the by-elections in the four assembly constituencies Giddarbaha, Chabewal, Barnala and Dera Baba Nanak.