Ex-CM allotted seat 41, Sisodia his neighbour

As per the caller seating arrangement, spot 2 was allotted to Saurabh Bharadwaj, who holds the largest fig of portfolios, aft Atishi. Earlier, helium utilized to beryllium astatine spot 8. Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot, meanwhile, was allotted spot 8 from his earlier fig 2.

Newly-inducted Minister Mukesh Ahlawat was allotted spot 14. Other ministers whose seats person been changed included Vinay Mishra, Ajay Mahawar, Girish Soni, Somnath Bharti, Rituraj Govind and Imran Hussain.

Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta, who utilized to beryllium connected spot 94, was allotted spot 100. “The seating statement is the prerogative of the Speaker… Ministers are fixed seats successful the archetypal enactment and past MLAs arsenic per seniority… It looked similar they vehemently allotted spot 40 and 41 to Kejriwal and Sisodia… Otherwise it volition look similar Kejriwal is inactive getting the beforehand seats,” Gupta told mediapersons.

Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, meanwhile, maintained that the seating statement is not a “hard and fast” rule. “The ruling enactment sits connected close broadside and the Opposition connected the near of the Speaker… In the archetypal row, spot 1 is occupied by the CM and past travel the ministers… the rows are numbered vertically… After the ministers, MLAs are allotted seats arsenic per seniority successful the archetypal row. There were others seats besides but we offered them spot 41, they accepted… the seats are connected the archetypal enactment only,” helium said.