Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has recommended the names of AAP MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj to the Lieutenant Governor for their appointment to the Cabinet, sources claimed on Wednesday.
The development comes after the resignation of AAP ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, who were arrested on corruption charges.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called a meeting of AAP MLAs and MCD councillors on Wednesday to discuss the party’s strategies in light of recent developments, sources said.
While Sisodia, who was handling 18 of the total 33 departments in the Delhi government, was arrested on Sunday evening by the CBI in the Delhi excise policy case, Jain, currently lodged in Tihar jail, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in May last year in connection with a money laundering case.
Gazette notification, regarding portfolios of the Govt of Delhi issued, as Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena approves CM Arvind Kejriwal’s proposal to give responsibility of additional departments to ministers Kailash Gahlot & Rajkumar Anand pic.twitter.com/5ybaHMy2yu— ANI (@ANI) March 1, 2023
However, Jain continued to be a minister in the Delhi government without any portfolios.
Some of Satyendar Jain and Manish Sisodia’s portfolios have been assigned to AAP ministers Raaj Kumar Anand and Kailash Gahlot. Portfolios of Finance, Planning, Public Works Department (PWD), and others have been handed over to Kailash Gahlot.
Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand was given the additional charge of education and health departments following the resignation of Manish Sisodia.
Here are the top developments:
After coming to power, AAP leaders chose the second option – sent to jail for corruption. pic.twitter.com/3aANh7vGG3— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) February 28, 2023
- While some are calling AAP’s developments a masterstroke to define the party’s clear intention as it eyes 2024, others call it a fall to the allegations of the opposition.
- The Delhi BJP organized a protest — Jan Jagran Abhiyan on Wednesday and leaders informed the people about corruption in the Delhi excise policy and the deeds of AAP Leaders. Besides, Congress also staged a protest near the AAP office in Delhi, demanding the resignation of CM Arvind Kejriwal following the arrest of his deputy Manish Sisodia by the CBI.
- Manish Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday in connection with alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi excise policy for 2021-22. He was sent to a five-day CBI custody till March 4.
- Sisodia’s portfolios of Finance, Planning, Public Works Department (PWD), Power, Home, Urban Development, Irrigation, and Flood Control and Water have been handed over to Kailash Gahlot.
- Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand was given the additional charge of education and health departments following the resignation of Manish Sisodia. He has been given the charge of education, land and building, vigilance, services, tourism, art culture and language, labour, employment, health and industries in addition to his existing portfolios.
- Satyendar Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in May last year in a money laundering case. Even after his arrest, Jain continued to be a minister without any portfolios in the cabinet.
- While Jain was in prison, videos of him getting head massages and body massages surfaced, which the AAP said were physiotherapy sessions.
- The two ministers tendered their resignations amid corruption allegations, with the AAP saying they had become victims of the BJP’s “politics of arrogance”.
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