AAP Leader Atishi is Delhi’s New Education Minister, Saurabh Bharadwaj Gets Health; Both Take Oath

Last Update: March 09, 2023, 16:28 IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had recommended the names of AAP MLAs Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi for cabinet berths.  (File photo/ANI)

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had recommended the names of AAP MLAs Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi for cabinet berths. (File photo/ANI)

Both the MLAs were appointed ministers in the Delhi cabinet by President Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday

AAP leaders Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj took oath as ministers in the Delhi government on Thursday. While Atishi has been given Education, PWD, Power and Tourism portfolios, Bhardwaj has been allotted Health, Urban Development, Water and Industries portfolios.

Both the MLAs were appointed ministers in the Delhi cabinet by President Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday.

A Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notification said that the President has appointed Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj as ministers in the Delhi Cabinet on the advice of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with effect from the date they take oath.

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