Bhagwant Mann: When the Aam Aadmi Party won 92 out of the 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, and Bhagwant Mann took oath as Chief Minister on March 16, 2022, sceptics called it a fluke. Four years later, the numbers tell a different story. Four years on, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said the AAP government has fulfilled all the guarantees given to the people through a “politics of work”.
65,000 Jobs, No Bribery
Employment is the most tangible measure of any government. In four years, 65,264 government jobs were provided for the first time in the history of Punjab, including 16,308 in education, 12,966 in the Punjab Police, 8,765 in the power department, 6,320 in health and medical education and 5,771 in local government.
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Education Revolution: Punjab beats Kerala, tops India
Perhaps Mann’s greatest claim to fame is his transformation of the government schools. Ahead of Kerala, Punjab has emerged as the top state in the National Achievement Survey 2024, while the government has allocated a budget of ₹19,279 crore for education in 2026–27, a jump of 7 per cent from the previous year, and launched the second phase of its Education Revolution with ₹3,500 crore in partnership with the World Bank.
1,000 Aam Aadmi Clinics And Rs 10 Lakh Cover
Punjab’s healthcare expansion reached a milestone with the setting up of close to 990 Aam Aadmi Clinics in four years, with plans to extend the network to nearly 1,500. Patients visiting these centres can avail of 107 medicines and 47 diagnostic tests free of cost, and the clinics have recorded more than 5 crore outpatient visits so far.
Free power, farmer relief, Rs 1.55-lakh crore investment
Bhagwant Mann: Some important welfare schemes introduced are free electricity to households, daytime power supply to farmers, canal irrigation to 78 per cent of fields, a monthly stipend of ₹1,000 for women and the Sadak Surakhya Force that cut down road accident deaths by over 50 per cent.
With the clock ticking for the 2027 elections, Bhagwant Mann’s Punjab story is far from over.
