"It's a legislative process": Delhi LG on Atishi to become new Chief Minister
Sep 17, 2024
New Delhi [India], September 17 : As Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is set to meet Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to submit his resignation today, the LG said that he and the new proposed CM Atishi are welcome as it is a legislative process.
LG Saxena said, "The CM (Arvind Kejriwal) is going to meet me at 4.30 pm and he is welcome. Atishi's name has been recommended. It is a legislative process. She has been chosen by the MLAs. She is also welcome."
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi, who was picked as the successor of Arvind Kejriwal after he announced his resignation as Delhi Chief Minister, has affirmed that she will work for the next few months, the remaining party's tenure, and will return Kejriwal to the post after the upcoming elections.
Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, in a meeting of party MLAs, proposed the name of Atishi to be his successor.
On Saturday, Kejriwal announced that he would resign and would not resume as the CM until the people of Delhi declared him "honest." He has also called for advancing polls in the national capital to November this year, ahead of the scheduled February elections.
Kejriwal stated that if re-elected by the public, it would serve as a "certificate" of his honesty. He added that he would push for early elections, alongside those in Maharashtra.
The announcement by the 54-year-old leader came two days after he was released from the Tihar jail after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam.
The apex court also imposed certain conditions on Kejriwal's release, including that he must refrain from making public comments about the case and must attend all hearings before the trial court unless exempted.
