Delhi Lt. Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with newly sworn-in Delhi Cabinet Ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj in New Delhi, Thursday, March 9, 2023.
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Aam Aadmi Party MLAs Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi have been sworn in as Ministers by Delhi Lt Governor V Okay Saxena on March 9 within the presence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Leader of Opposition within the Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhur additionally attended the oath-taking ceremony.
Ms. Atishi will deal with education, PWD, Power and Tourism departments, whereas Mr. Bharadwaj will take care of Health, Urban Development, Water and Industries.
Following the resignations of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Minister Satyendar Jain, each at the moment in Tihar jail in alleged corruption and cash laundering circumstances, respectively, two Cabinet berths had fallen vacant.
Mr. Sisodia was arrested by CBI on February 26 in reference to alleged corruption within the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage for 2021-22. He is in judicial custody until March 20.
Mr. Jain, who can also be in judicial custody, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a case of alleged cash laundering on May 30 final yr.
President Droupadi Murmu earlier accepted the resignations of Mr. Sisodia and Mr. Jain.
LG Saxena had really useful the names of Ms. Atishi and Mr. Bharadwaj to President Murmu for appointment as Cabinet Ministers following a suggestion from Mr. Kejriwal for his or her elevation to the Cabinet.
Ms. Atishi and Mr. Bharadwaj will probably be attending the Delhi Assembly’s Budget Session commencing from March 17 as Ministers after their swearing in on March 9, celebration sources stated.
Mr. Bharadwaj has been an MLA of the AAP since 2013 and is at the moment the Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board. He was a Minister throughout the transient first time period of the Kejriwal Government in 2013.
Ms. Atishi has been an MLA of the AAP since 2020 and has been related to the celebration since its inception.
She was an adviser of Mr. Sisodia in his education portfolio.
