New Delhi: After the historic victory, Arvind Kejriwal is all set to become Delhi's seventh Chief Minister on Saturday.
The swearing-in ceremony is going to be held in open and it is expected that nearly one lakh people across country will attend the event. It is the second time when Delhi CM will take oath in open. His first swearing-in in 2013 was also held in the open.
Delhi's chief minister designate Arvind Kejriwal will travel by car, accompanied by his family, to the venue of swearing-in ceremony at Ramlila Maidan, party sources said on Friday.
Delhi CM is expected to leave his house around 10.30 am for oath taking ceremony.
Unlike 2013, though, Kejriwal may not stop by at Rajghat on his way to the secretariat after the ceremony. Sources said he is extremely unwell.
Families of senior AAP members, including Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, will attend the ceremony.
At Ramlila Maidan, the venue, AAP workers spent a busy Friday afternoon overseeing the preparations. Till 5pm, four enclosures had not been completed while LED screens remained to be set up. PWD sources said the job would be completed by 10.30pm.
"The function is taking place on a grand scale. Chairs have been provided for 30,000 guests while the rear portion of the ground has been kept for people to stand in," said a senior PWD official to TOI.
There will be nine LED screens inside the ground and 10 outside, so that people catch the action even if they can't get inside. One screen has been put up at the Minto Road roundabout, another on Tagore Road ahead of Minto Road and one more at Hamdard Corner outside the grounds.
Ramlila Maidan is all decked up in white and crimson shade to welcome Delhi's new CM.
Other than the hundreds of police and CISF personnel posted in and around the grounds, 2,000 AAP volunteers will help in maintaining law and order.
