Chandigarh, March 2 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said that the recent court verdict discharging AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and others marked a historic victory of truth in Indian politics, strengthening the party's emergence as a national force.

Addressing a rally led by Kejriwal in Delhi via video conferencing, Mann launched a direct political challenge to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that Punjab would deliver 100 seats to the AAP in the 2027 assembly polls to defeat what he described as "authoritarian" rule. "The victory against such politics will begin from Punjab. Where Punjab moves, the nation follows," he said, adding that 2027 would mark the beginning of change across the country. Mann ...