Bhagwant Singh Mann (born 17 October 1973), better known by his stage name "Jugnu", is an Indian politician, social worker, former comedian, singer and actor who is currently serving as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab since 2022.

[3] Mann was born on 17 October 1973 in a Jat family in Satoj village of Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district, Punjab, India.

[5] He won two gold medals at a competition at the Punjabi University, Patiala for the Shaheed Udham Singh Government College, Sunam.

Mann developed comedy routines about typical Indian issues such as politics, business and sports.

[7][8] He acted in the National Award-winning film Main Maa Punjab Dee, directed by Balwant Dullat.

In March 2014, Mann joined the Aam Aadmi Party to contest elections in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency.

He fought his first Lok Sabha election against former union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and won by 211,721 votes.

[24] Parliamentary Committee assignments In May 2019, Mann was re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha from Sangrur constituency in the 2019 Indian general election.

The selection was reportedly done by polling from the public and the results were declared by the party chief Arvind Kejriwal.

[30] In 2021, the Parliamentary Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution submitted a report to the Union Government recommending the implementation of the Essential Commodities Act, 2020.

Two days before taking the oath as CM of Punjab, Mann resigned from his post of MP Sangrur on 14 March 2022.

[32][33][34] On 18 January 2022, Mann was chosen as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate for the Chief Minister of Punjab in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, based on the party's public poll that overwhelmingly weighed in his favour.

[37] Mann took the oath as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab on 16 March 2022 at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

[38][39] Even before taking the oath, CM designate Mann took steps to end the VIP culture and met the Director General of Police.

[42] On 19 March 2022, during the first Cabinet meeting, Mann announced his decision to fill 25,000 job openings in various departments of Punjab government.

[47] In June 2022, Mann announced Volvo bus service between IGI Airport and different Punjab cities of the state.

[51] Mann began a non-government organization, the Lok Lehar Foundation, to aid children with physical deformities as a result of groundwater pollution in the border areas of Punjab.

[64] Addressing a rally in Barnala in January 2019, Mann said he had stopped consuming alcohol, on his mother's advice.

[65] Maan's daughter Seerat accused him of physical abuse towards her and her mother, alcoholism, and habitual lying.