INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Newly selected ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj will take care of the education and health departments, respectively - the
2 portfolios that have actually been the essential of AAPs Delhi design of governance
The portfolios were allocated right away after Kalkaji MLA Atishi and Greater Kailash legislator Bharadwaj were administered the oath of
office and secrecy by LG VK Saxena Thursday.Atishi was also provided the duty of PWD; power; tourism; art, culture - & languages, and women
Bharadwaj, who was DJB vice-chairman, will take care of water; metropolitan development; markets; water; watering - & flood control; caution
The induction of the two and redistribution of portfolios followed the resignations of Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain from the
cabinet.Kailash Gahlot will take charge of the finance, home and preparation departments.Will make sure citys advancement not stopped till
Sisodia, Jain return: Atishi CM Arvind Kejriwal praised brand-new ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj and said Delhi had a great deal of
The method Manish ji and Satyendar ji were doing good work in Delhi, I make sure the 2 new ministers will carry their legacy forward,
Kejriwal said.Of the 18 portfolios previous deputy minister Manish Sisodia held prior to his arrest, Kailash Gahlot got financing,
preparation and house apart from profits, transportation, administrative reforms, law, justice and legislative affairs and information
technology and would be presenting his very first budget later this month.Gahlot had earlier held the lady and kid development department,
which has now been moved to Atishi.Raaj Kumar Anand, who was inducted into Cabinet in November in 2015, will in addition be managing land -
& building, labour, and work departments.Atishi is the very first lady to end up being a minister in Kejriwals Cabinet in this term
The 49-day AAP government in 2013-14 had Rakhi Bidlan as a female face in the council of ministers
But there was no woman in 2015-2020 and in the very first three years of AAPs 2nd complete term.A Rhodes scholar, Atishi worked as the
advisor to Sisodia in the education department apart from working as the chairperson of the Delhi Assemblys standing committee on
education.Speaking to reporters, Atishi stated till the 2 ministers detained by the Central government in phony cases came out of prison,
she and Bharadwaj will work in the Cabinet and ensure the citys development does not come to a standstill
When Lord Ram was sent out to exile, his younger bro put his khadau on the throne and managed the affairs of the kingdom
Similarly till the time our 2 senior leaders manage to come out of prison, Saurabh Bhardwaj and I will manage their portfolios and make sure
the transformation that they had caused in the fields of education and healthcare is continued, Atishi said.Bharadwaj stated the focus of
the 2 new ministers will be on 3 flagship plans of the Kejriwal Government - health care, education and Clean Yamuna Mission
This will continue to be our primary agenda apart from providing all the standard facilities to individuals like clean drinking water,
