Delhi minister Atishi will take over as Chief Minister after Arvind Kejriwal resigns from the top post after a meeting with Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena this afternoon. The decision was taken at a Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders’ meeting today.
At the AAP meeting today, party leader Dilip Pandey proposed that Mr Kejriwal decide on the Chief Minister face. When the AAP national convener proposed Ms Atishi’s name, all AAP MLAs stood up and accepted it and Ms Atishi was elected leader of the legislature party, sources have said.
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