Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.
Credit: PTI Photo
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's daughter, in a video, went public with allegations that the AAP leader abused her mother and his former wife physically and emotionally, neglected both her and her brother, and even threw the latter out of the CM's residence at night.
Among the sensational accusations made, Mann's daughter also said the CM would get drunk and go to the gurudwara and even the Vidhan Sabha.
In the video, Mann's daughter can be heard introducing herself as Seerat Kaur Mann. She says "I am the daughter of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. At the outset, I am making it clear that in this video, I will refer to him as Mr Mann or CM saab. He has long ago lost the right to hear Papa from me."
She clarifies that there is no political motive behind making the video.
Mann's daughter can be heard continuing to say, "The only reason behind making this video is that I want our story to also come in front of the world. Till today, whatever people have heard is from CM saab and because of that, all the things we had to hear and face... we cannot even describe."
"Till today, my mother has chosen to stay silent and we, his children too, have not spoken but it appears our silence was misunderstood as our weakness.
"He doesn't realise that it is because of our silence that he is sitting in this position (CM)," she adds.
"On one occasion, he was allowed inside but he was asked to leave later on the pretext that he could not stay there at night," she says. "A person who cannot shoulder the responsibility of his own children, how can he shoulder the responsibility of the people of Punjab?," she is heard asking.
Mann's daughter added that the CM had not delivered on his responsibilities towards her (23 years of age) or her brother (19 years of age). Seerat added that her brother had gone to meet Mann twice last year, but the latter didn't let him into the CM's house.
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