New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday appointed Aam Admi Party MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj as ministers within the Delhi cupboard on the recommendation of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, with impact from the date they’re sworn in, said Ministry of Home Affairs.
Kejriwal had forwarded the names to the Lieutenant Governor for his or her appointment to the Cabinet.
The improvement got here after the President accepted the resignation of AAP ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain on Tuesday.
Atishi represents the Kalkaji constituency and has been a key member of Sisodia’s training staff.
She had additionally contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from the East Delhi constituency and misplaced to BJP’s Gautam Gambhir.
Bhardwaj, the occasion’s nationwide spokesperson, had served the Delhi Jal Board as its vice chairman.
The legislator from Greater Kailash was additionally a minister throughout the first stint of the AAP authorities.
The Delhi council of ministers now has a power of 5, together with CM Arvind Kejriwal, who would not maintain any portfolios.
Sisodia had resigned from his all 18 posts following his arrest within the alleged excise coverage rip-off.
After former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain’s arrest final 12 months, seven portfolios dealt with by him had been shifted to Sisodia, who was taking care of 18 departments when he was arrested.
He is now lodged in Tihar’s jail after Rouse Avenue Court on Monday despatched him to judicial custody until March 20.
Sisodia had resigned from his all 18 posts following his arrest within the alleged excise coverage rip-off. (ANI)