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Atishi will take oath as the Delhi Chief Minister around 4:30 pm on Saturday, September 21. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Mukesh Ahlawat, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Saurabh Bhardwaj and Imran Hussain will also be sworn in as ministers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The swearing-in ceremony of AAP leader Atishi and her council of ministers will be held at Raj Niwas on Saturday afternoon, officials told news agency PTI. It is expected to be a “low-key affair” in view of the circumstances of Kejriwal’s resignation, the report added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
AAP sources said the four ministers retained in the new cabinet were likely to hold their previous portfolios while Ahlawat, a first-time MLA from Sultanpur Majra, could have the departments lying vacant following the resignation of minister Raaj Kumar Anand in April this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had proposed September 21 for the swearing-in of Chief Minister-designate Atishi following the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal from the post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Kejriwal had tendered his resignation as chief minister on September 17, paving the way for Atishi’s appointment as his successor. He had proposed her name as his successor in a meeting of the party’s legislators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
AAP leader Sanjay Singh had earlier informed that AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal will give up security and move out of the chief minister’s residence to live like a “common man”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201c…after tendering his resignation, Kejriwal said he will leave all the facilities that a chief minister gets, including security, and live as a commoner among the people,\u201d Singh said on September 18.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Kejriwal walked out of the Tihar jail on September 13, spending over five months behind bars in connection with the excise policy case. In a surprise announcement two days later, Kejriwal said he would resign in the wake of BJP’s “mudslinging” against him over corruption.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Kejriwal announced that he would return to the post of chief minister after getting a “certificate of honesty” from Delhi people in the assembly polls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Now, the tenure of the Atishi government will be brief as assembly polls in Delhi are due in February next year. Her government will have to fast-track and give nod to various pending policies and welfare schemes such as the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana, Electric Vehicle Policy 2.0 and doorstep delivery of services, among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n