- By Shivam Shandilya
- Sat, 21 Sep 2024 09:10 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Delhi Cabinet Full List: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi becomes the youngest woman chief minister after she has taken over the baton from the AAP convenor, Arvind Kejriwal. The graduate from the prestigious St. Stephen's College rose steadily through the ranks in the AAP, from being an advisor to then deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on education policies to becoming a minister and subsequently succeeding Kejriwal to the chief minister's post. In the Kejriwal government, she was in charge of 13 major portfolios, such as finance, revenue, education, and the public works department, and also managed the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) operations.
Atishi took the oath on Saturday evening with six members. She will be in charge of her previous 13 portfolios, including education, revenue, finance, power, and the public works departments. Lt Governor VK Saxena administered the oath of office and secrecy to Atishi, Delhi's third and the 17th woman chief minister in India's history.
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- AAP MLA Mukesh Ahlawat is the only new face in the Atishi-led Delhi Cabinet. He is a first time MLA from the Sultanpur Majra seat. Ahlawat fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Raaj Kumar Anand, who quit AAP and joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He has since joined the BJP. Ahlawat has been given charge of the labour, employment, gurdwara elections, SC/ST welfare, and land and building departments.
- The senior AAP leader, Gopal Rai, is among the fourth minister retained in the cabinet. Rai will continue to hold the environment, forest, and wildlife; development; and general administration portfolios that he headed in the Arvind Kejriwal government.
- Imran Hussain is the sole Muslim member in the Cabinet. The two-time MLA from the Ballimaran constituency in Chandni Chowk will keep his food and supply, and election portfolios.
- Another senior leader of the party, Saurabh Bharadwaj, was inducted in the Kejriwal government after Satyendar Jail resigned as the health minister last year. Bharadwaj will continue to helm the health; tourism; irrigation and flood control; industries; urban development; and art, culture, and language departments. He will also have charge of the social welfare and the cooperative departments, previously held by Anand.
- Kailash Gahlot, the fourth minister retained by Atishi, will hold transport, home, administrative reforms, information and technology, and women and child development portfolios.