AAP Announces Atishi’s Delhi Cabinet
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has retained four of its Delhi ministers who will take the oath on Thursday alongside Chief Minister-designate Atishi.
AAP announced that Mukesh Ahlawat will join as a new face, being sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Delhi government. Ahlawat represents the Sultanpur Majra assembly constituency, who secured victory with a margin of 48,042 votes in 2020 assembly polls, succeeding former minister Sandeep Kumar.
The party said that chief minister-designate Atishi and her cabinet will take the oath of office on September 21. After Arvind Kejriwal stepped down as Delhi chief minister on Tuesday, Atishi moved to establish a new government.
Managing 14 portfolios such as finance, education, and revenue, Atishi played a crucial role during Arvind Kejriwal’s imprisonment. Atishi will become the third woman to serve as Delhi’s chief minister following Congress’s Sheila Dikshit and BJP’s Sushma Swaraj.
he will lead the government until the next assembly elections, scheduled for February 2025. The party said that Kejriwal will leave his official residence and surrender his security within 15 days.
After his release from jail on Friday, granted by the Supreme Court, Kejriwal announced on Sunday that he would step down as chief minister within 48 hours.
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