Punjab Newsline, New Delhi, September 17-
With Aam Aadmi Party announcing party MLA Atishi's name as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's successor, politics in the national capital has heated up.
AAP has said that the following decision was taken based on a consensus within the party and the opposition can say what they want. AAP leader Kailash Gahlot said, "There was a consensus on the name of Atishi. Let BJP talk, we don't think about it (on BJP calling Atishi a dummy CM)."
43-year-old Atishi will be Delhi's third woman chief minister after Congress’ Sheila Dikshit and BJP’s Sushma Swaraj. Following this, a delegation of AAP legislators will meet the Lt Governor to stake a claim for the formation of a new government led by Atishi, party leader Gopal Rai told reporters.
"I want to thank Delhi's popular CM, my guru Arvind Kejriwal for giving me such a huge responsibility. It can happen only in AAP that a first-time politician can become the CM. I come from a normal family. If I would have been in any other party, I won't even have got a poll ticket.