Atishi will be the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi after Congress’ Sheila Dikshit and BJP’s Sushma Swaraj. Currently, she is an MLA from Kalkaji.
AAP announced Atishi's name to replace Arvind Kejriwal as the Delhi chief minister after the legislative party meeting. Atishi is a key face of the party as well as the government and holds multiple portfolios, including finance, education and PWD.
Arvind Kejriwal, set to resign today, proposed Atishi's name for the Delhi Chief Minister post which was supported unanimously by all party MLAs. She will become the third woman CM and eighth Chief Minister overall of the national capital.
Atishi, an MLA from Kalkaji, is currently serving as Minister of Education, PWD, Culture and Tourism in the Delhi Government. She also served as Advisor to the Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, primarily on education, from July 2015 to 17 April 2018.
Addressing a legislature party meeting at his residence in the national capital, Arvind Kejriwal made the proposal of Atishi's name for the Chief Minister post which was supported by the party's MLAs. Atishi will be the eighth CM of Delhi.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday created a political stir in the national capital after saying he would resign in two days and would demand early polls in Delhi. Now, the million-dollar question is who will be the next chief minister of Delhi?
While names like Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Manish Sisodia are doing the rounds for CM's chair, Arvind Kejriwal has kept a few criteria for the person who would run the Delhi government.
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