Bhagwant Mann interview: ‘These Lok Sabha polls are very important. If people miss this time, India will be like Russia, Putin, and there won’t be any Oppn’
For Punjab Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Lok Sabha elections are doubly important. Firstly, he believes they are a litmus test for the future of democracy in the country. And, secondly, he thinks it would be a reality check for his two-year-old government. In a freewheeling interview with The Indian Express, CM Mann speaks on a range of issues, including the AAP’s plans to overcome the arrest of party supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and the Opposition INDIA bloc’s face-off with the BJP. Excerpts: