New Delhi: AAP MLA Atishi took the oath as the new Chief Minister of Delhi at Raj Niwas. With this development, she has become the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dixit. She has also become the second CM from the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi and the third overall including CM Bhagwant Mann in Punjab. She also holds the record of being the youngest CM of Delhi.
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Arvind Kejriwal is the only CM: Atishi
In her first reaction after the proposal of her name on September 17, Atishi Singh aka Atishi Marlena Singh who now addresses herself as ‘Atishi’ stated that she is grateful for the trust that Arvind Kejriwal has shown in her and given her an opportunity to be an MLA, a cabinet minister and now a Chief Minister. But she is also sad that his elder brother (Arvind Kejriwal) has submitted his resignation to the lieutenant governor of Delhi. Hitting out at the BJP, she said that it was due to the implication of fake cases by the BJP that an honest man like Arvind Kejriwal had to step down. Delhi has only one Chief Minister and that is Arvind Kejriwal.
#WATCH | AAP leader Atishi takes oath as Chief Minister of Delhi pic.twitter.com/R1iomGAaS9
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2024
Opposition calls her a dummy CM
The national capital is set to have assembly elections by February 2025 though the Aam Aadmi Party wishes to get it preponed to this year. While the opposition has questioned this decision labelling it as the makeover of the AAP government and called Atishi the dummy CM and accidental chief minister, Singh herself has proclaimed that she is the Chief Minister for a couple of months and Arvind Kejriwal is the only CM of Delhi.
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Hailing from a Punjabi Rajput family, Atishi has pursued her bachelor’s and master’s in History at Stephen’s College, DU, and Oxford University respectively. Atishi Singh currently holds the portfolio of education, PWD, culture and tourism and will now head the lawmakers of Delhi.
