Chennai: MK Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and President of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), has expressed greetings to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann, who took office as Punjab Chief Minister on Wednesday.

"My hearty congratulations to Thiru. Bhagwant Mann, who will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab today. Tamil Nadu and Punjab have a long history of being vocal about linguistic rights  in the Indian Union. I wish the new government in Punjab a prosperous tenure "Stalin took to Twitter.

The ceremony was held in the presence of party convenor Arvind Kejriwal at Khatkar Kalan, Bhagat Singh's native hamlet.

The AAP won 92 seats in the recently concluded Punjab Assembly elections, driving most of its adversaries to the margins. Congress won 18 seats in the Assembly's 117-member body.

Mann, who was running from the Dhuri Assembly constituency in Sangrur district, defeated Congress candidate Dalvir Singh Goldy by a margin of 58,206 votes.

AAP leader Bhagwant Mann took oath as Punjab CM

Kejriwal departs for Punjab to attend Bhagwant Mann's inauguration ceremony

Bhagwant Mann to take oath as Punjab CM today in AAP ceremony