Delhi Chief Minister: After nearly ten years, Delhi is going to get a woman Chief Minister again. Atishi’s name was approved for the CM post in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Legislature Party meeting held at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Civil Lines residence on Tuesday (September 17, 2024). Atishi will be the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi after Congress’ Sheila Dixit and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sushma Swaraj.
Atishi’s name comes among the heavyweight ministers of Arvind Kejriwal cabinet. In just four years, she is going to capture power in Delhi. Atishi is among those few people who will become the Chief Minister in a few years. Atishi was born on 8 June 1981 in an educated family of Delhi. Her father Vijay Singh and mother Tripta Vahi were both professors in Delhi University. Atishi belongs to a Punjabi Rajput family and is a graduate from Oxford University. Apart from this, she studied History from St. Stephen’s College.
Atishi is associated with the establishment of AAP
After earning a master’s degree from Oxford University, she lived in a small village in Madhya Pradesh for seven years. Here she got involved in organic farming and progressive education systems. There she worked for several NGOs and it was here that she met some members of AAP. Atishi has been associated with the Aam Aadmi Party since its inception. She has been active in the organization since the time of the Anna movement.
She contested the election for the first time and lost.
Atishi contested elections for the first time in the year 2019. She contested from the East Delhi Lok Sabha seat, but Gautam Gambhir of BJP defeated her by 4.77 lakh votes. After this, she contested the 2020 assembly elections and was elected MLA from Kalkaji. In 2023, she was made a minister in the Kejriwal cabinet and after a year she is going to become the Chief Minister. At present, Atishi is handling the responsibility of most ministries in the Delhi government. Since Arvind Kejriwal went to jail in March, she has been handling all the responsibilities related to the party and the government.
What responsibilities does Atishi have right now?
After the arrest of former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi Excise Policy case last year, Atishi was given the responsibility of the Education Ministry. Then when Arvind Kejriwal was arrested in March this year, the responsibility of PWD, Water Department, Revenue, Planning and Finance Department also came on her.
Also read:-
Atishi Marlena Delhi CM: ‘The one whose father tried to save terrorist Afzal Guru, he was made CM’, Swati Maliwal taunts Kejriwal