New Delhi:
Atishi took oath today as the new Chief Minister of Delhi (Delhi New CM). Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena administered the oath to her in the swearing-in ceremony held at Raj Niwas. With this, Atishi has also become the youngest Chief Minister of Delhi. Atishi is also the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi. During the swearing-in, top leaders of Aam Aadmi Party including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia were present. Meanwhile, the division of departments has also been done.
CM Atishi has 13 departments
Chief Minister Atishi will have a total of 13 departments including Finance, Energy, Education, Services and Water. Along with this, Saurabh Bhardwaj will handle a total of 8 departments including the Health Department, while Gopal Rai will remain the Environment Minister as before. Along with this, Kailash Gehlot will also have the Transport Department as before. Also, Imran Hussain has been given the Food and Civil Supplies Department. At the same time, Mukesh Ahlawat has been given the responsibility of Labor and SC-ST Department.
Mukesh Ahlawat is the new face in the new government
Apart from Atishi, 5 ministers also took oath. Most of the people who have been made ministers in the Atishi government are old faces. Mukesh Ahlawat is the only new face in the new government. Among the old faces, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Kailash Gehlot, Gopal Rai and Imran Hussain also took oath as ministers. All four of them have been ministers in the Kejriwal government.
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Expressing her feelings about the leadership change, Atishi said that she is happy with the trust shown in her by outgoing CM Arvind Kejriwal but is also sad that she has resigned from her post. Speaking to the media, she said that she will work hard to bring Kejriwal back as the Chief Minister after the upcoming assembly elections.
She also said, “First of all, I want to thank Delhi’s popular Chief Minister, National Convenor of Aam Aadmi Party and my mentor Arvind Kejriwal, who gave me such a big responsibility and trusted me for it. It is only possible under the leadership of Aam Aadmi Party and only Arvind Kejriwal that a politician can become the Chief Minister of a state for the first time. I come from an ordinary family. If I had been in any other party, I would probably not have even got an election ticket.”
Atishi met former CM Kejriwal
Before the swearing-in, Atishi and the leaders who were part of her cabinet met Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal here. Atishi, AAP leaders Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot reached Kejriwal’s residence in Civil Lines here before the swearing-in.
Kejriwal had resigned from the post of CM
Atishi was elected the leader of the AAP legislative party earlier this week. Earlier, Kejriwal had made an unexpected announcement of his resignation from the post of Chief Minister and said that he would return to the post of Chief Minister only if people give him a ‘certificate of honesty’.
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