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AAP leader Atishi’s swearing-in ceremony as the Delhi chief minister and her council of ministers is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at Raj Niwas.

 

Officials at the lieutenant governor's office stated that President Droupadi Murmu had designated Atishi as the chief minister of Delhi effective from the date of her swearing-in. The President has also accepted Arvind Kejriwal's resignation.

 

According to the officials, the president has also approved the appointment of five ministers, and the swearing-in ceremony is set to occur at 4:30 p.m. at Raj Niwas.

 

An AAP official mentioned that the ceremony is expected to be modest. The party's spirits are dampened by Kejriwal's resignation and the delayed approvals, which left little time for preparations.

 

Following Kejriwal's submission of resignation as the Delhi chief minister and along with his council of ministers to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday, as per the officials, both the resignation and the formation of the new government under Atishi were forwarded to President Droupadi Murmu for her endorsement.

 

The AAP MLAs convened earlier this week and unanimously selected Atishi as the leader of the ruling legislative party.

 

The new council of ministers announced by the AAP will include Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Imran Hussain, and the new member Mukesh Ahlawat, a first-time MLA from Sultanpur Majra.

Rai, Gahlot, Bharadwaj, and Hussain are ministers of the outgoing Kejriwal government.

 

AAP national convener Kejriwal walked out of the Tihar jail on September 13, having spent over five months behind bars in an excise policy case. Two days later, in a surprise announcement, he said he would resign in the wake of the BJP's "mudslinging" against him over corruption.

 

Kejriwal had announced that he would return to the post of chief minister after the Delhi people gave him a "certificate of honesty" in the assembly polls.

 

The tenure of the Atishi government will be brief as assembly polls in Delhi are due in February next year.

 

Her government will have to fast-track and approve various pending policies and welfare schemes, such as the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana, Electric Vehicle Policy 2.0, and doorstep service delivery.

 

In the outgoing Kejriwal government, Atishi held 13 portfolios, including finance, revenue, PWD, power, and education.