INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi leaves after a meeting of the legislative party at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's
residence, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Sept
(Photo: PTI)4 min read Last Updated : Sep 18 2024 | 12:13 AM IST
Delhi Finance Minister Atishi, a first-term legislator, will be the
third woman chief minister of Delhi
The 43-year-old will also have the distinction of being the youngest to hold the top office
his resignation as chief minister to the Lieutenant Governor later in the day.
With five months left for the Delhi Assembly polls, slated
electorate.
With a woman as the CM, and the rollout of the monthly allowance for women, AAP hopes to consolidate its support base among
women, a party strategist said
the AAP government's welfare schemes like free electricity supply, facilities at hospitals, and free bus rides for women
While Swaraj served for a mere 52 days in 1998, the second shortest tenure for a woman CM, Dikshit has been the longest-serving woman chief
Earlier, she had spent several years in Madhya Pradesh as an activist.
In 2015, the party leadership removed her as a spokesperson as it
Atishi wrote a letter to the two leaders where she accused them of their intransigence in ironing out differences with the party
leadership.
From 2015 to 2018, she worked as an advisor to Education Minister Manish Sisodia
Before venturing into electoral politics, Atishi had dropped her surname Marlena, a portmanteau of Marx and Lenin
In 2020, Atishi was elected an MLA from the Kalkaji Assembly seat.
In 2023, she was inducted into the Delhi cabinet in the aftermath of
She was entrusted with almost a dozen portfolios, the most for a single minister
She went on a hunger strike to demand Delhi's water share from Haryana when the national capital was grappling with shortage of water.
Her
parents Vijay Singh and Tripta Wahi were Delhi University professors.
BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh alleged that appointing
Afzal Guru, who was hanged in 2013 for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack.First Published: Sep 17 2024 | 10:05 PMIST
