New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi on Saturday took oath as the chief minister of Delhi, replacing Arvind Kejriwal who resigned on Tuesday.
Saurabh Bharadwaj, Gopal Rai and Kailash Gahlot took oath as ministers, having retained their positions in the new government. Imran Hussain also took oath as a minister. Sultanpur Majra legislator Mukesh Ahlawat is the new face in the cabinet.
The tenure of the Atishi government will be brief as the assembly polls in Delhi are due in February next year. Atishi, 43, was chosen as the leader of legislature party on Tuesday ahead of Kejriwal handing over his resignation to lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.
As a minister in Kejriwal’s Cabinet, Atishi, with 14 portfolios including finance, education, and revenue, was amongst those holding the fort while he was in jail.
