Published on Sep 18, 2024
Current Affairs
Senior AAP leader Atishi
Senior AAP leader Atishi

♦ Senior AAP leader Atishi was elected as the New Delhi Chief Minister on 17 September 2024.

♦ The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators unanimously agreed after Arvind Kejriwal proposed her name as his successor. 

♦ Atishi holds at least 14 key portfolios in the outgoing Kejriwal-led government including Finance, Education, Public Works Department, Power, Revenue, Law, Planning, Services, Information and Publicity, and Vigilance.

♦ She won from Kalkaji assembly seat in 2020 assembly polls.

♦ Atishi was born on June 8, 1981.

♦ Atishi will become the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi after Sushma Swaraj (1998) and Sheila Dikshit (1998- 2013).