Kultar Singh Sandhwan, 46, was unanimously elected Punjab assembly Speaker in Chandigarh on Monday, March 21. Chief minister Bhagwant Mann proposed Kotkapura Aam Aadmi Party MLA Sandhwan’s name for the post and he was unanimously elected. Mann and cabinet minister Harpal Singh Cheema escorted Sandhwan to the Speaker’s chair. Mann said that he was happy that a person from an ordinary family had made it to the Speaker’s post. Incidentally, Sandhwan is the grandnephew of former president Giani Zail Singh. Kultar’s grandfather Jangir Singh and Giani Zail Singh were brothers.
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