New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party MLAs Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi have been sworn in as ministers by Delhi Lt Governor V Ok Saxena on Thursday within the presence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Leader of Opposition within the Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhur additionally attended the oath-taking ceremony.
Atishi will deal with training, PWD, energy, and tourism departments, whereas Bharadwaj will take care of the well being, city improvement, water, and industries. Following the resignations of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and minister Satyendar Jain, each presently in Tihar jail in alleged corruption and cash laundering circumstances, respectively, two Cabinet berths had fallen vacant.
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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.
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 Sisodia and Jain.
LG Saxena had beneficial the names of Atishi and Bharadwaj to President Murmu for appointment as Cabinet ministers following a advice from Kejriwal for his or her elevation to the Cabinet.
Atishi and Bharadwaj will likely be attending the Delhi Assembly’s Budget Session commencing on March 17 as ministers after their swearing-in on March 9, social gathering sources stated. Bharadwaj has been an MLA of the AAP since 2013 and is presently the vice-chairman of the Delhi Jal Board. He was a minister in the course of the temporary first time period of the Kejriwal authorities in 2013.
Atishi has been an MLA of the AAP since 2020 and has been related to the social gathering since its inception. She was an advisor of Sisodia in his training portfolio.
