NEW DELHI : Delhi Chief Minister-elect Arvind Kejriwal today sent to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung the list of his Cabinet members, who will be sworn-in along with him on February 14.
Mr Kejriwal will take oath as chief minister for the second time at Ramlila Maidan.
Besides the Chief Minister, Delhi has provision for six ministers.
Sources in the AAP said the list include names of Mr Kejriwal’s one of the close aide Manish Sisodia, who is likely to be made Deputy CM.
The sources said Gopal Rai, Satyendra Jain, Sandeep Kumar, Jitendra Tomar and Asim Ahmed Khan are also likely to made Cabinet ministers.
Mr Sisodia, who was education minister in the first AAP government in the national capital, won from Patparganj in the Delhi Assembly polls.
Mr Rai is Babarpur MLA. He defeated BJP’s Naresh Gaur. The sources said Mr Khan is likely to be given a ministerial berth as he defeated Congress’ Shoiab Iaqbal in the latter’s stronghold Matia Mahal with a huge margin of 26,096 votes. Mr Jain, Shakur Basti MLA, had been made a minister in the first AAP government also.
Mr Kumar is a MLA from Sultanpur Majra while Mr Tomar is Tri Nagar MLA.
(AGENCIES)
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