Kejriwal to take oath today as Delhi Chief Minister
posted on Feb 14, 2015 @ 9:31AM
After making a clean sweep in the Delhi Assembly elections by winning 67 out of 70 seats, Arvind Kejriwal is returning to power exactly after a year. He will take oath as chief minister of Delhi in the presence of people at Ram Leela Maidhan today.
AAP senior leaders Manish Sisodia, Gopal Raj, Aseem Ahmad Khan, Sundeep Kumar, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai and Jitender Singh Thomar will take oath as ministers along with Arvind Kejriwal today. Arvind Kejriwal will hold Finance and Power portfolios also. His close aide Manish Sisodia is likely to get deputy chief minister post. Apart from it, he may also be given charge of Education, PWD and Urban Development portfolios. Gopal Raj may be given Labour and Transport portfolios.
Arvind Kejriwal has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others ministers of his cabinet to his swearing in ceremony, but they may not attend the ceremony due to security reasons. He also invites his political mentor Anna Hazare. He also may not attend but unlike previous time, he greets and blessed him over phone. Arvind Kejriwal and others, who are swearing in as ministers today are attending this function accompanied by their family members. AAP is expecting around 1 lakh public attendance to this swearing in ceremony at Ram Leela Maidhan today.