New Delhi:: Party MPs Aam Aadmi Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi had been sworn in as ministers by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Thursday within the presence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Delhi Assembly Opposition Leader Ramvir Singh Bidhur additionally attended the swearing-in ceremony.
Atishi will deal with the departments of training, individuals with disabilities, electrical energy and tourism, whereas Bharadwaj will deal with well being, city growth, water and industries. Following the resignations of the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodie and Minister Satyendar Jain, each at present incarcerated in Tihar jail for alleged corruption and cash laundering instances, respectively, two Cabinet posts had develop into vacant.
Newly Inducted Cabinet Ministers @AtishiAAP: & @Saurabh_MLAgk media briefing earlier than the Delhi Assembly |: LIVE: https://t.co/JKFavqegEQ— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) March 9, 2023
Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26 in reference to allegations of corruption within the formulation and implementation of Delhi’s now-suppressed excise coverage for 2021-2022. He is in custody till March 20.
Jain, who can also be in police custody, was arrested by the Enforcement Branch in an alleged cash laundering case on May 30 final yr. President Draupadi Murmu had beforehand accepted the resignations of Sisodia and Jain.
LG Saxena had advisable the names of Atishi and Bharadwaj to President Murmu for appointment as Cabinet Ministers following a suggestion by Kejriwal for his or her elevation to the Cabinet.
Atishi and Bharadwaj will attend the finances session of the Delhi Assembly from March 17 as ministers after being sworn in on March 9, occasion sources stated. Bharadwaj has been an AAP MP since 2013 and is at present Deputy Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board. He served as a minister in the course of the transient first time period of the Kejriwal authorities in 2013.
Atishi has been an AAP MP since 2020 and has been related to the occasion since its inception. She served as an advisor to Sisodia in its training portfolio.
