On Tuesday, President Droupadi Murmu appointed AAP MLA’s Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj as ministers in the Delhi cabinet on the advice of Arvind Kejriwal, with effect from the date they are sworn in, Ministry of Home Affairs informed.
Earlier, the Chief Minister of Delhi, Kejriwal forwarded the names to the Lieutenant Governor for their appointment to the Cabinet. This development came after the President accepted the resignation of AAP ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain on Tuesday.
Notably, Atishi represents the Kalkaji constituency and has been a key member of Sisodia’s education team. She had also contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from the East Delhi constituency and lost to BJP’s Gautam Gambhir.
Bhardwaj, the party’s national spokesperson, had served the Delhi Jal Board as its vice chairman. The legislator from Greater Kailash was also a minister during the first stint of the AAP government.
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