NEW DELHI: New chief minister, Atishi, will proceed to carry the 13 portfolios that she had earlier, together with finance, planning, energy, water, income, and public works division, whereas Saurabh Bharadwaj may have eight and new face Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat will deal with 5 ministries.
Aside from the ministries he held within the Kejriwal govt, Bharadwaj has been given cost of two extra, social welfare and cooperatives, which have been held by Raaj Kumar Anand, who stop the govt. and social gathering earlier this yr.
seventeenth lady to carry CM’s submit in unbiased India
Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat, the brand new face within the council of ministers, has been assigned the remaining 5 departments that Anand held, together with labour, employment, and SC&ST welfare.
Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, and Imran Hussain will retain the portfolios they held within the final govt. Whereas Rai’s three departments included surroundings and growth, Gahlot may have the cost of 5, together with dwelling, transport and ladies and little one growth, whereas Hussain may have two – meals and provide, and election.
Atishi was sworn in because the eighth chief minister of Delhi on Saturday at an occasion at Raj Niwas, changing her mentor and AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal, who resigned from the submit earlier this week. At 43, she’s the second youngest CM of Delhi after Chaudhary Brahm Prakash (34) in 1952-55 and the youngest among the many three girls CMs — Sheila Dikshit and Sushma Swaraj being the opposite two — that the town has seen thus far.
Together with Atishi, 5 ministers additionally took oath, together with 4 – Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Imran Hussain – from the earlier dispensation, and Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat, a brand new entrant to the Cupboard. She and others have been administered the oath of workplace and secrecy by LG VK Saxena.
Atishi has additionally change into the seventeenth lady to carry the submit of a chief minister in unbiased India. A primary-time legislator, Atishi may have a short stint of simply 5 months as CM on this time period.
Earlier than swearing in as CM, Atishi, alongside along with her cupboard ministers, known as on outgoing CM Kejriwal at his residence and held a short dialogue. Quickly after taking oath, Atishi took blessings from Kejriwal by touching his ft. Former deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Delhi meeting Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, chief of opposition Vijender Gupta and police commissioner Sanjay Arora additionally attended the ceremony, as did her dad and mom, Vijay Singh and Tripta Wahi, who have been professors at Delhi College.
Addressing a press convention quickly after taking oath, Atishi mentioned it was an “emotional day” for her as her “guru” and Delhi’s son Kejriwal won’t proceed to be CM. She urged folks to make sure Kejriwal returned to the highest submit once more after the meeting polls within the capital in Feb 2025.
LG Saxena prolonged his greatest needs to Atishi and her council of ministers in a submit on X after the occasion. “Could they work for the betterment of Delhi and its folks,” he wrote. The brand new govt is prone to show its majority within the 70-member meeting in a particular session on Sept 26-27. Atishi has been elevated to the highest submit at an important time for AAP, which is trying to retain workplace in Delhi for the third consecutive time period, in polls scheduled early subsequent yr.
With meeting polls across the nook, the brand new AAP govt is prone to have a difficult stint. Aside from taking part in a balancing act with the LG and bureaucrats, the brand new CM can even be anticipated to fast-track pending insurance policies and schemes of public welfare, together with the rollout of the Mahila Samman Nidhi Yojana, and relaunching the flagship doorstep supply of providers scheme.
