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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj were sworn in as Ministers in the Delhi cabinet. The swearing-in ceremony took place in the Auditorium at Raj Niwas, Delhi.
As per ANI report, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena administered the oath to newly inducted ministers.
AAP MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj were sworn in as Delhi ministers in the presence of Delhi LG VK Saxena and CM Arvind Kejriwal today pic.twitter.com/eutDlDS8LX
— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2023
“In terms of the notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, Atishi Marlena and Saurabh Bharadwaj have been appointed as Ministers in the National Capital Territory of Delhi,” read the official statement from the General Administration Department.
AS per PTI report, Atishi will handle education, PWD, power and tourism departments, while Bharadwaj will look after health, urban development, water and industries.
This comes after President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday accepted the resignations of former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Minister Satyendar Jain, both currently lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.
President Murmu on Tuesday appointed Atishi and Bharadwaj as ministers in the Delhi cabinet on the advice of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, with effect from the date they are sworn in, stated Ministry of Home Affairs.
Kejriwal had forwarded the names to the Lieutenant Governor for their appointment to the Cabinet.
Atishi represents the Kalkaji constituency and has been a key member of Sisodia’s education team.
She had also contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from the East Delhi constituency and lost to BJP’s Gautam Gambhir.
Bharadwaj, the party’s national spokesperson, had served the Delhi Jal Board as its vice chairman. The legislator from Greater Kailash was also a minister during the first stint of the AAP government.
The Delhi council of ministers now has a strength of five, including CM Arvind Kejriwal, who does not hold any portfolios.
