The President has accepted the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal and appointed Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi as the Chief Minister of Delhi. Along with this, the President has also approved the appointment of 5 ministers. Everyone has been called to Raj Bhavan on 21st September for the swearing-in ceremony. According to sources, Atishi can take oath along with her cabinet at 4:30 pm.
In fact, after Kejriwal on Tuesday asked Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena to resign from the post of Chief Minister of Delhi, Atishi had sent the files of resignation and government formation to President Draupadi Murmu for his approval. On this, the date of September 21 was proposed for the swearing-in ceremony.
AAP MLAs met earlier this week and unanimously elected Atishi as the leader of the ruling legislature party. The new Council of Ministers announced by AAP includes Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Imran Hussain and new member Mukesh Ahlawat, who has become MLA for the first time from Sultanpur Majra. Rai, Gehlot, Bhardwaj and Hussain are ministers in the outgoing Kejriwal government.
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Let us tell you that Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor Kejriwal came out on September 13 after being in Tihar jail for more than five months in the excise policy case. In a surprise announcement two days later, Kejriwal said he would resign following corruption allegations leveled against him by the BJP. He said that he will return to the post of Chief Minister after getting the certificate of honesty from the people of Delhi in the upcoming assembly elections. After this Kejriwal resigned and Atishi was elected leader in the legislature party meeting.
Atishi became MLA for the first time in 2020
Atishi belongs to a Punjabi Rajput family and is a graduate from Oxford University. Atishi was elected MLA for the first time in the 2020 assembly elections and became a minister in the Kejriwal government for the first time in 2023. Now, after just one year, in 2024, she is going to become the Chief Minister. Earlier, she had contested from East Lok Sabha seat in 2019 and lost to BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir by 4.77 lakh votes and came third. Atishi is considered a close associate and confidant of Kejriwal. He has been active in the organization since the time of Anna movement. At present, she has the responsibility of most of the ministries and ever since Kejriwal went to jail in March, she has been seen taking the lead on issues ranging from party to government. Other names that were being discussed regarding the Chief Minister included the names of Kailash Gehlot, Gopal Rai and Saurabh Bhardwaj.
Know about Atishi…
Atishi became MLA from Kalkaji assembly constituency for the first time in the year 2020. He defeated BJP candidate Dharamveer Singh by 11 thousand 393 votes. Atishi was born on 8 June 1981 in Delhi. His father Namvijay Singh has been a professor in Delhi University. Atishi did her schooling from Springdale School, New Delhi. He studied history at St. Stephen’s College and obtained a master’s degree at Oxford University on a Chevening Scholarship. A few years later, he earned his second master’s degree from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in educational research. She spent seven years in a small village in Madhya Pradesh, where she became involved in organic farming and progressive education systems. She worked with several non-profit organizations there, where she met some AAP members for the first time and joined the party at its inception.
Played a big role in shaping the policies of AAP
Atishi was a key member of the party’s manifesto drafting committee for the 2013 assembly elections. He played an important role in ‘shaping the party’s policies in the early stages of its formation’. Apart from this, Atishi, as the party spokesperson, presented his case forcefully. Like Kejriwal, she is also close to Manish Sisodia. She also worked as an advisor to Sisodia and handled the education ministry in his absence.