Punjab: Captain Amarinder Singh takes oath as CM, no deputy CM post for Navjot Sidhu

After a thumping victory in Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh took oath as Punjab chief minister for the second time.

While Navjot Singh Sidhu, Manpreet Badal, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Brahm Mohindra, Charanjit Channi, Rana Gurjit and Tripat Bajwa took oath as Cabinet ministers, Aruna Choudhary and Razia Sultana were sworn in as ministers of state with independent charge.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh attended the swearing-in ceremony.

The Congress won 77 seats in 117-seat Punjab Assembly. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 20 and the Akali Dal-BJP combine managed just 15 seats.