NEW DELHI: Senior AAP chief Atishi, who is about to grow to be the primary lady minister within the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Cabinet, has been a key member of the staff tasked with implementing the celebration’s instructional reforms within the nationwide capital. Atishi, together with AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj, are the 2 leaders whose names have been forwarded for appointment as ministers after Kejriwal’s trusted lieutenants Manish Sisodia and Satyender Jain, each arrested on corruption costs, resigned from their Cabinet posts.
Bharadwaj (43) is the celebration’s nationwide spokesperson and at present serving because the vice-chairman of the Delhi Jal Board. The two leaders are often on the forefront in interactions with media and through varied protests organised by the celebration.
Speaking to PTI, Bharadwaj stated, “The Centre wanted to stop the work done in Delhi and we will not let that happen. We are thankful to the CM for having faith in me and Atishi, and we will continue to work for the people of Delhi.”
Atishi (41), who represents the Kalkaji constituency within the meeting, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from the East Delhi seat however she misplaced to the BJP’s Gautam Gambhir.
Bharadwaj, who’s a three-time MLA from the Greater Kailash meeting constituency, has additionally served as a transport minister within the Delhi cupboard throughout the first stint of the AAP authorities.
A pc science engineer, Bharadwaj can be a regulation graduate from the Osmania University. He has labored overseas for a short time period earlier than the becoming a member of the Aam Aadmi Party in 2013.
While Sisodia, who was dealing with 18 of the entire 33 departments within the Delhi authorities, was arrested on Sunday night by the CBI within the Delhi excise coverage case, Jain, at present lodged in Tihar jail, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in May final yr in reference to a cash laundering case.
Jain continued to be a minister within the Delhi authorities even after his arrest.
