Who Is New Chief Minister of Delhi

How Atishi became Delhi's 'Accidental Chief Minister'.

 

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi's Cabinet Minister Atishi has been chosen as the new Chief Minister of Delhi in place of Arvind Kejriwal.

The story of 'Accidental Prime Minister' has been famous in the country's politics, Delhi's new Chief Minister is also exactly like that And Delhi Government Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj has already put an end to all doubts, 'The chair belongs to Arvind Kejriwal, and it will always remain his.'

 

Atishi will be the new Chief Minister of Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai informed the media about this on Tuesday. Gopal Rai said that Atishi is becoming the CM of Delhi in difficult circumstances. Gopal Rai alleged, "BJP tried to break the Aam Aadmi Party and topple the government. But we foiled all their attempts."

 

After Arvind Kejriwal's resignation, a consensus was reached in the party's legislature party meeting on making Atishi the new Chief Minister. Arvind Kejriwal himself proposed Atishi's name in the legislature party meeting.

 

When Arvind Kejriwal addressed the Aam Aadmi Party workers on Sunday and said that he would resign after two days, Atishi's name was also included in the race for this post since then. However, apart from him, the names of Gopal Rai and Kailash Gehlot as well as Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal were also discussed. But now Atishi's name has been finalized. Atishi will remain the Chief Minister of Delhi till the assembly elections.

 

Did these things go in favor of Atishi?

 

In fact, after the meeting held on Monday, Atishi was considered to be the frontrunner in this race. Atishi has had the most ministries and departments while Kejriwal was in jail. She did many important works in the education sector when Manish Sisodia was the education minister and also handled the education department in Manish Sisodia's absence.

 

Atishi is Kejriwal's confidant.

 

Many sources associated with the party had also indicated in a conversation with the BBC that she is the frontrunner in the current situation.

 

When Atishi did not get the ministerial post

 

After the 2020 assembly elections, no woman including Atishi got a place in Kejriwal's cabinet. Then some leaders of the party itself criticized this move for not giving Atishi a place in the cabinet. This was the election when the Aam Aadmi Party won 62 out of 70 assembly seats. Eight of these were women MLAs.

 

But even after this, Arvind Kejriwal did not give a single woman leader a place in his cabinet. But with time, the political situation of Delhi also changed.

 

After Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and then Arvind Kejriwal himself went to jail, Atishi was seen taking charge of the issue from the government to the party.

 

Atishi became the Education Minister in the Kejriwal government for the first time in the year 2023.

 

When Atishi removed her surname

 

Aatishi was first fielded by AAP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as a candidate from the seat. Earlier, Atishi was generally considered to be a leader active behind the scenes. During the 2019 elections, suddenly seeing Atishi with a mic in her hand in front of a crowd of common people, it was assumed that she could become an important female face of AAP in electoral politics.

 

During the campaign in the same election, Atishi removed her surname i.e. 'Marlena' from all the party records and all the papers related to the election campaign. At that time, the Bharatiya Janata Party had started cornering Atishi by calling her a foreigner and a Christian because of her surname.

 

However, Atishi had said that she was removing her surname because she did not want to waste time in proving her identity.

 

In fact, Atishi's parents are considered to be left-wing and Atishi was given the surname 'Marlena' by combining the letters of the names of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.

 

Atishi stood third in this election and Gautam Gambhir won the election on a BJP ticket.

 

However, after this Atishi also removed her surname from her ex handle.