Atishi takes oath with 5 ministers : ‘Now, residents of Delhi have to ensure Kejriwal gets to sit on CM’s seat again’

Atishi inactive holds each 13 departments that she had earlier, which includes the nationalist works department, power, education, h2o and finance, among others. Ahlawat, meanwhile, has been fixed SC ST payment and labour portfolios, among others.

While Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj has been allocated societal payment and cooperative/cooperation arsenic further departments, helium present holds connected to 8 portfolios, including his erstwhile portfolios similar wellness and municipality development.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena administers the oath of bureau of Delhi Chief Minister and Cabinet Ministers to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Atishi, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Imran Hussain, Mukesh Ahlawat, successful New Delhi connected Saturday. (ANI Photo/Shrikant Singh)

Before taking oath, Atishi and her squad of 5 visited Kejriwal astatine the CM’s authoritative residence. At 4.30 pm, a ceremonial ceremonial was held successful the beingness of Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, marking the modulation of power. After the swearing-in, Atishi was seen touching Kejriwal’s feet to person his blessings.

In her archetypal code aft taking oath, Atishi said it was a “very affectional moment” for AAP leaders. “I would similar to convey Delhi’s son, the astir loved CM successful the past of Delhi, the person of AAP, my elder member and governmental guru Arvind Kejriwalji for entrusting maine to instrumentality attraction of Delhi’s residents. Although I person taken oath arsenic the CM of Delhi, this is simply a precise affectional infinitesimal due to the fact that Arvind Kejriwal is nary longer the main curate of Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal understood the symptom of the communal people, the mediocre radical surviving successful Delhi, understood their regular struggle. He understood however hard it is for communal families to tally their household,” she said.

She urged the radical of Delhi to enactment Kejriwal’s return, informing of imaginable disruptions to indispensable services if helium does not travel backmost to power. “Now, the residents of Delhi person to guarantee that Arvind Kejriwal gets to beryllium connected the CM’s spot erstwhile again. The 2 crore voters person to guarantee that helium sits connected the main minister’s seat, other the BJP would halt providing you escaped electricity, mohalla clinics volition not work, the acquisition strategy would go cripple and autobus tickets would not beryllium escaped for women.”

Atishi said that AAP has lone 1 nonsubjective successful the upcoming elections — to marque Kejriwal the CM again. She added that immoderate different CM would person sat connected the main minister’s seat aft receiving a affirmative judgement from tribunal but for Kejriwal, it was not enough.

She went connected to criticise the BJP’s alleged interference successful Delhi’s governance implicit the past 2 years. “In the past one-and-a-half years since the BJP started readying and plotting against us, it has near nary chromatic unturned to make occupation successful Delhi’s governance, owed to which radical are besides bothered. They stopped aesculapian tests being conducted astatine authorities hospitals, they stopped the correction of h2o bills, the sanitation strategy has go crippled due to the fact that of them…”

“…I cognize that the BJP volition conspire against the radical of Delhi done its L-G sahab. I cognize that it volition effort to halt the Delhi government’s works and payment schemes, but for the adjacent fewer months, arsenic agelong arsenic I person this responsibility, I volition effort to support the radical of Delhi and tally the authorities nether the guidance of Arvind Kejriwal…I privation to guarantee the radical of Delhi that Arvind Kejriwal is retired of jailhouse now; we volition not fto immoderate conspiracy of BJP succeed,” she added.