Atishi to succeed Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi Chief Minister

Arvind Kejriwal proposes Atishi as Delhi's new Chief Minister. He is set to resign later in the day.

Senior AAP leader Atishi will be the new Chief Minister of Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) unanimously agreed on Tuesday (September 17, 2024) after Arvind Kejriwal proposed her name as his successor.

Sources told The Hindu that it was approved by all the MLAs.

Ms. Atishi has been selected as the leader of the AAP Legislative Party.

Ms. Atishi is currently a Cabinet Minister in the Delhi Government and holds many important portfolios including Education, PWD, and Power. She is the MLA from Kalkaji, Delhi. She has been involved with the party since 2013.

She will be the third woman Chief Minister of the Union Territory after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit. 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to meet Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) V.K. Saxena to tender his resignation at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday, paving the way for the appointment of a new Chief Minister of Delhi in his stead.

Ahead of Mr. Kejriwal’s meeting on Tuesday, with the L-G, all AAP legislators are scheduled to gather at 11.30 a.m. to decide on the next CM. Mr. Kejriwal and his former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia met at the former’s residence on Monday (September 16, 2024) to discuss potential candidates to lead the Delhi government, after which the party’s political affairs committee (PAC) gathered for further discussions.