Who is AAP's Bhagwant Mann, stand-up comic will be next Punjab CM

Who is AAP's Bhagwant Mann, the stand-up comic who will be next Punjab CM

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Bhagwant Mann won his first Assembly poll from Dhuri constituency in Sangrur by 58,206 vote

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Bhagwant Mann is set to be the next chief minister of Punjab

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Bhagwant Mann was born on October 17, 1973 in Satauj village of Sangrur district of Punjab.

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Having tasted success at an early age as a satirist and a comedian, Mann shot to national

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Mann made his electoral debut in 2012, contesting the Punjab assembly polls from Lehragaga in Sangrur

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limelight when he appeared as a contestant on reality TV show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in the early 2000

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One of the judges on the show was Navjot Singh Sidhu, the incumbent Punjab Congress chief.

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