New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi will take oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi today. Atishi’s swearing-in ceremony will be held at 4:30 pm at Raj Niwas. The ceremony will be a low key-affair, following the recent resignation from Arvind Kejriwal. Along with this, her council of ministers will also take oath. These will include Imran Hussain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Mukesh Kumar and Saurabh Bhardwaj.
Atishi will be the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi. Before her, BJP’s Sushma Swaraj and Congress’ Sheila Dixit have been the Chief Ministers. Sushma Swaraj’s tenure was quite short, Sheila Dixit was the Chief Minister of Delhi for 15 years.
Alongside Atishi, several AAP leaders—including Mukesh Ahlawat, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Saurabh Bhardwaj, and Imran Hussain—will also be sworn in as ministers. Sources within the AAP have indicated that the four returning ministers are likely to retain their existing portfolios, while Ahlawat, a first-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Sultanpur Majra, may be assigned to oversee departments that remained vacant due to the earlier resignation of minister Raaj Kumar Anand in April.
The swearing-in follows Kejriwal’s resignation on September 17, a decision he made amid ongoing controversy and accusations of corruption, which he attributed to political “mudslinging” by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In a recent party meeting, Kejriwal nominated Atishi as his successor, facilitating her appointment as Chief Minister.
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