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Atishi, the Kalkaji lawmaker, holds key portfolios in the Kejriwal-led government. (PTI)
Known to have a clean image, Atishi could appeal to the women voters in the Capital — a crucial vote bank ahead of the elections early next year
Delhi is all set to get a woman chief minister — a decade after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) wrested power from Congress stalwart Sheila Dikshit — as Arvind Kejriwal proposed the name of senior AAP leader and minister Atishi as his successor in a meeting of the party’s legislators on Tuesday.
Kejriwal, who was released from jail on Friday, announced on Sunday that he would resign from the post and would only return if people give him a certificate of honesty.
Atishi, the Kalkaji lawmaker, holds key portfolios in the Kejriwal-led government such as finance, education, Public Works Department, power, revenue, law, planning, services, Information and Publicity, and vigilance.
Known to have a clean image, Atishi could appeal to the women voters in the Capital — a crucial vote bank ahead of the elections early next year.
Atishi was a key member of AAP’s Manifesto Drafting Committee for the 2013 assembly elections and played a crucial role in shaping the contours of the party during its early stages. She took oath as a minister on March 9, 2023, following a cabinet reshuffle after then deputy CM Manish Sisodia and former health minister Satyendar Jain tendered their resignations following their arrests in separate cases.
The buzz in political circles over Atishi’s increased importance in Kejriwal’s absence was strengthened when the Delhi chief minister, in a letter to L-G VK Saxena, suggested that Atishi hoist the national flag in his place during the Delhi government’s Independence Day programme.
