The AAP nominated Atishi as the Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly on Sunday, while the BJP has a majority in the assembly due to 48 MLAs.
Former Delhi Chief Minister and party chief Arvind Kejriwal congratulated Atishi on X, “I congratulate Atishi ji on being elected as AAP leader in the House. In the interest of the people of Delhi, you will play the role of a creative opposition in the interest of the people of Delhi. . “
Prominent AAP leader Atishi won the Cuttack seat and won against his rivals – former BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri and Congress leader Alka Lamba -.
In September last year, Atishi was nominated as Delhi Chief Minister in the AAP MLA meeting held at Kejriwal’s residence. At the age of 43, Atishi became the youngest Chief Minister in Delhi history and was sworn in on 21 September. Kejriwal resigned to test public confidence for a new majority from the party’s freshness, but in the capital you could not continue the line of victory.
Meanwhile, BJP took power after the swearing -in ceremony held at Ramlila Maidan on Thursday, in which Shalimar Bagh MLA Rekha Gupta became the Chief Minister of Delhi. Rekha Gupta is the fourth woman to hold the post in the national capital.
The BJP announced the Chief Ministerial candidate at the last moment after considering several candidates under its political strategy. Along with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood, Kapil Mishra, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Kumar Indraj and Pankaj Kumar Singh were appointed as ministers.
Returning to power after 27 years, the BJP defeated prominent AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi, Manish Sisodia from Jangpura and Saurabh Bhardwaj from Greater Kailash.
In the last 2020 and 2015 Delhi elections, AAP won fiercely – by winning 67 and 62 seats respectively, limited the BJP to one point and stopped the Congress from capturing a seat, under the leadership of Sheela Dixit. The 15 -year governance period of the party came to an end.
