Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Welcomes Baby Girl

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his wife Gurpreet Kaur were blessed with a baby girl today Sharing the news on X (previously known as Twitter), the Chief Minister said that both the mother and the newborn are doing fine. In the post, the Chief Minister wrote [originally in Punjabi]: “God has given the gift of a daughter...Both the mother and the child are healthy…”       He also shared his daughter's photograph in another post.Mr Mann married Gurpreet Kaur in 2022. He was previously married to Inderpreet Kaur, with whom he has one son and a daughter. They were divorced in 2015. Post a commentBefore joining politics, Mr Mann was a household name as a comedian, singer and actor. Sharing the news on X (previously known as Twitter), Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that both the mother and the newborn are doing fine.week Mr Kejriwal was sent to custody of the arresting agency, the Enforcement Directorate, for seven days. That custody ends today, and the probe agency has sought a further seven days to continue questioning the Aam Aadmi Party leader.

Earlier today a defiant Mr Kejriwal rose to address the court directly, and accused the probe agency of trying "to crush" his party. Mr Kejriwal pointed out - as the AAP has since his arrest - no part of the alleged ₹ 100 crore in bribes had been recovered. He also said no court had found him guilty.

"I was arrested... but no court has proved me guilty. The CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) has filed 31,000 pages (of chargesheets) and ED filed 25,000 pages. Even if you read them together... the question remains... why have I been arrested?" Mr Kejriwal asked the court.

What Arvind Kejriwal Told The Court

Given just a few minutes to speak, the AAP leader also said his name only figured four times in those tens of thousands of pages, and that one of those four was C Arvind and not Arvind Kejriwal.

C Arvind was ex-Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's secretary, and he has told the authorities that Mr Sisodia - who was arrested in this case in February - handed over "some documents".

"My name came just four times... and once it was 'C Arvind'. He said that in his presence Sisodiaji gave me some documents. But MLAs came to my house daily... to give me files, to discuss the government. Is a statement like this enough to arrest a sitting Chief Minister?" he asked.

The AAP leader had been expected to make a big revelation in this case; last evening his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, declared her husband would offer insights into the location of the alleged ₹ 100 crore.

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In court today, Mr Kejriwal referred to the statements of approvers, or government witnesses, who had earlier been arrested in this case, suggesting they had been coerced into accusing him.

"The ED had only one mission - to trap me," he alleged, "Three statements were given (by one witness)... but the court only saw those that accused me. Why? This is not right."

Another witness, he said, had given six statements that did not name the Chief Minister, but he was released after a seventh that did so. "If there really is a scam of 100 crore... where is the money?"

The Chief Minister also referred to a third witness - Sarath Reddy - who he claimed had donated ₹ 50 crore to the BJP. "I have proof... that they are running a racket," he declared.