NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader on Monday assumed the role of Delhi’s eighth chief minister and placed an empty chair next to her own in honor of party convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
“Today, I have taken the charge as Delhi CM. I am feeling the same as Lord Bharat took the reign after Lord Ram went on ‘Vanvaas’. Arvind Kejriwal has set a new benchmark, he was kept in jail in false case.He said that he will not sit on the chair again until the people of Delhi deem him honest. The election is near. People will choose him. Until then, this chair would wait for him,” Atishi said while taking charge as the Delhi chief minister.
The Delhi Assembly will convene for a session on September 26 and 27.
Atishi has retained her previous 13 portfolios from the Kejriwal government, including education, revenue, finance, power, and PWD.
“I will work for four months as the chief minister of Delhi like Bharat did by keeping Lord Ram’s Khadaun on the throne. Arvind Kejriwal has set an example of dignity in politics by stepping down. The BJP left no stone unturned to tarnish his image,” she said.
Atishi chose to sit on a different chair than the one used by Kejriwal.
Atishi was sworn-in as chief minister on Saturday after Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation, becoming the youngest leader to hold the position and the third woman CM in the capital’s history, following Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit.
Saurabh Bharadwaj has been assigned eight departments, the most after Atishi, including health, tourism, art, and culture.
Newly appointed Mukesh Ahlawat has been given the portfolios of labour, SC and ST, employment, land, and building departments. Gopal Rai has retained his previous portfolios of development, general administration department, environment, and forest.
Kailash Gahlot has also kept his earlier portfolios of transport, home, administrative reforms, women, and child development.
The new Cabinet, led by Atishi, faces a long list of pending projects, schemes, and new initiatives to be launched in the coming months before Delhi goes to the polls in February next year.
“Today, I have taken the charge as Delhi CM. I am feeling the same as Lord Bharat took the reign after Lord Ram went on ‘Vanvaas’. Arvind Kejriwal has set a new benchmark, he was kept in jail in false case.He said that he will not sit on the chair again until the people of Delhi deem him honest. The election is near. People will choose him. Until then, this chair would wait for him,” Atishi said while taking charge as the Delhi chief minister.
The Delhi Assembly will convene for a session on September 26 and 27.
Atishi has retained her previous 13 portfolios from the Kejriwal government, including education, revenue, finance, power, and PWD.
“I will work for four months as the chief minister of Delhi like Bharat did by keeping Lord Ram’s Khadaun on the throne. Arvind Kejriwal has set an example of dignity in politics by stepping down. The BJP left no stone unturned to tarnish his image,” she said.
Atishi chose to sit on a different chair than the one used by Kejriwal.
Atishi was sworn-in as chief minister on Saturday after Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation, becoming the youngest leader to hold the position and the third woman CM in the capital’s history, following Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit.
Saurabh Bharadwaj has been assigned eight departments, the most after Atishi, including health, tourism, art, and culture.
Newly appointed Mukesh Ahlawat has been given the portfolios of labour, SC and ST, employment, land, and building departments. Gopal Rai has retained his previous portfolios of development, general administration department, environment, and forest.
Kailash Gahlot has also kept his earlier portfolios of transport, home, administrative reforms, women, and child development.
The new Cabinet, led by Atishi, faces a long list of pending projects, schemes, and new initiatives to be launched in the coming months before Delhi goes to the polls in February next year.
