Chandigarh: Punjabi actress Sonia Mann joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday in the presence of Arvind Kejriwal, the party’s national convenor. Sonia, who acted in various films in multiple languages, is the daughter of Kirti Kisan Union leader Baldev Singh, Asian News International.
AAP Punjab wrote on X, "Kirti Kisan Union leader S Baldev Singh Ji's daughter and Punjabi actress Sonia Mann joined Aam Aadmi Party under the leadership of National Convener Arvind Kejriwal. She is very welcome in the Aam Aadmi Party family."
Her films included a versatile range of languages, such as Malayalam, Hindi, Telegu and Marathi. She debuted in Malayalam with ‘Hide n’ Seek’ and in Hindi through Kahin Hai Mera Pyar in 2014. She has also collaborated with several singers, including murdered Sidhu Moosewala in 2018.
Mann’s father was a farm leader and activist who was shot dead by Khalistani militants in the 1980s.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal, who faced a crushing defeat in Delhi, is focusing on Punjab’s 2027 assembly elections.
Meanwhile, a teachers’ association in Punjab has slammed the state AAP administration over issues in its education sector. The Democratic Teacher Front (DTF) Punjab state chief, Digvijay Pal Sharma, came down on former Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia after the latter visited and inspected the schools of Punjab, citing the sector has been deteriorating in the state with 50 per cent of posts for Principals, 45 per cent of posts for Headmasters and 40 per cent of posts of Block Education Officers are lying vacant. He reminded that the party, in its 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections, made a promise in its manifesto to improve the education system in Punjab.