Bhagwant Mann’s Joke at Comedy Show Makes Navjot Singh Sidhu Laugh in Old Video

With AAP sweeping Punjab in the assembly elections, results for which were declared yesterday, soon to be Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s earlier stint as a standup comedian has become subject of social media conjecture. In particular, a video of Mann performing at the 2000s standup comedy show Laughter Challenge- Joke Sabha, where Congress’ Navjot Singh Sidhu was judge, is going viral after Congress’ decimation in the elections. Mann was a political satirist and his current political rival, Sidhu, was back then laughing along without any gripe. In his piece, Mann says in Hindi, “I once asked a politician what ‘rajneeti’ means. He told me it is the process of deciding ‘neeti’ on governance (‘raj’)… I asked him what ‘gormint’ (government) means. He said it is someone who focuses (‘gaur’) on every issue only to forget about it a minute later.”

Sidhu could be seen laughing freely at Mann’s pun-laden joke.