40 acres of wheat crop being ploughed for Bhagwant Mann’s swearing-in ceremony
   Date :15-Mar-2022

Bhagwant Mann
 
 
CHANDIGARH :
 
AT LEAST 40 acres of wheat crop is being ploughed for swearing-in ceremony of AAP’s Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann, who sports a yellow turban for his reverence to legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh to whom he calls his ‘only idol, only mentor and only hero’, to be held in the icon’s ancestral maternal village in Khatkar Kalan on March 16, it is learnt on Monday. The debt-ridden State Government has sanctioned Rs 2.61 crore for the swearing-in ceremony. Officials told IANS that the wheat fields will be used for the parking of vehicles of the visitors coming to attend the ceremony that will last less than an hour.
 
The farmers have been told to plough the standing crop, which is yet to mature, and in lieu they will be paid a compensation of around Rs 46,000 per acre. Officials did not rule out converting more fields into parking lots if there is indication of a rise in number. In an appeal, Mann requested people to reach Khatkar Kalan on March 16 for the swearing-in ceremony. Meanwhile, Mann tendered his resignation from the membership of Lok Sabha to Speaker Om Birla on Monday. Mann has been an MP from the Sangrur constituency in Punjab.