Punjab MLAs takes Oath today; Witnesses the rise of Young Assembly

After registering a landslide victory in the Punjab Assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann sworn in on March 16. Mann's oath ceremony took place at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, in Nawanshahr district. His cabinet colleagues took oath today.

After the defeat of stalwarts like Parkash Singh Badal, Captain Amarinder Singh, this time it will be a young assembly. Of which more than half are below 50 years of age.

The cabinet includes

• 3 MLAs - between 25 to 30 years
• 21 MLAs - between 31 to 40 years
• 37 MLAs - between 41 to 50 years
• 33 MLAs - between 51 to 60 years
• 21 MLAs - between 61 to 70 years
• 2 MLAs - between 71 to 80 years

MLAs with Criminal Cases

• Cases are registered against 58 newly-elected MLAs of Punjab. 
• Of these, there are 27 MLAs who have serious criminal cases. Of these, one MLA has been booked for murder, 2 for an attempt to murder, and 3 for crimes against women. 
• In 2022, 58 MLAs with criminal cases have won. In 2017, there were only 16 such MLAs. 

Women MLAs

• This time 13 women MLAs have been elected. In 2017, there were only 5 women MLAs.

Crorepati MLAs

• Of the newly-elected MLAs of Punjab, 87 are Crorepatis. AAP has maximum 63 MLAs, Congress 17, Akali Dal 2, BJP and BSP 1 each.
• Of the 117 MLAs, 39 are with assets more than 5 crores, 27 with 2 to 5 crores, 32 with 50 lakh to 2 crores, 14 with 10 lakh to 50 lakh and 5 with less than 10 lakh assets.
• Party-wise, the average assets of 92 AAP MLAs is 7.52 crore, 18 Congress MLAs have an average asset of 22.73 crores, 3 SAD MLAs have 15.03 crore and 2 BJP MLAs have an average asset of 2.49 crore.

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The AAP recorded a thumping win in the Assembly polls by winning 92 of the 117 seats. The ruling Congress won 18 seats, a massive decline from 77 it had won in 2017, while the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) could manage only three seats. Mann won from Dhuri by a margin of over 58,000 votes.