Inderpreet Kaur is the wife of comedian-turned-politician Bhagwant Mann, who, as the chief ministerial candidate of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections.
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Husband & Children
Inderpreet Kaur is married to the comedian-turned-politician Bhagwant Mann. Together, they have a son and a daughter.
A picture of Bhagwant Mann with his wife, Inderpreet Kaur, and children
In March 2015, Inderpreet Kaur and Bhagwant Mann filed an application for divorce in a SAS Nagar court. Reportedly, the application was filed under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, the decree of divorce by mutual consent. Apparently, the children live with their mother, Inderpreet, in California, US, meanwhile Mann juggles his time between Delhi and Mohali in India.
2014 Lok Sabha elections
During the 2014 Indian general elections in Punjab, held on 30 April 2014, Mann contested from the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency of Punjab and won by won by 211,721 votes. Inderpreet had active participation in Mann’s political journey. She used to accompany Mann to political rallies during his Peoples’ Party of Punjab (PPP) days. During the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Inderpreet delivered speeches in Mann’s favour in the villages of Sangrur to help him win.
Inderpreet Kaur delivering speeches in favour of AAP in the villages of Sangrur during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections
Later, the AAP MP from Sangrur publicly claimed that his divorce case wasn’t a personal matter and that he chose Punjab over family. Known for using poetry in his political campaigns, Mann posted a poem on his Facebook Account to express his sentiments about the divorce as well, which reads,
Jo latkeya si chiran ton o hal ho geya,
Court ch eh faisla kal ho geya,
Ek passay parivar, dujje passay si parivar,
Main tan yarro Punjab de wal ho geya.”
(A long-pending issue has been resolved. The court decided yesterday. I had to choose between one family and the other. I decided to go with Punjab)
The news of Inderpreet Kaur and Bhagwant Mann’s divorce left many awestruck as they seemed like a happily married couple in public.
A picture of Bhagwant Mann (of Aam Aadmi Party) kissing his wife, Inderpreet Kaur, after his victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in Sangrur, Punjab
Many also believed that Mann was trying to get political mileage out of his divorce case.
Facts
- The couple isn’t legally divorced , they live separately.
- Some media houses also referred to her as Inderjeet Kaur and Inderjit Kaur.