Arvind Kejriwal is set to take oath as the Chief Minister ofDelhi on February 16 (Sunday) and the swearing-in ceremony will see a special guest at the venue. Remember the young child who was dressed as Arvind Kejriwal and gained media attention of the counting day? The child will now be seen at the oath-taking swearing of Kejriwal as the Aam Aadmi Party has invited him to the event.
Taking to Twitter, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party said,"Baby Mufflerman is invited to the swearing-in ceremony of Arvind Kejriwal on February 16." The party also labelled the tweet as 'Big Announcement'. The oath-taking ceremony will begin at 10 am at the very same historic ground from where 51-year-old Kejriwal along with Gandhian Anna Hazare led a massive anti-corruption agitation in 2011 that became a launching board for hispolitical career is expected to be attended by people in large numbers.
All the newly-elected party MLAs have been asked by party leaders to ensure huge participation from their constituencies, according toparty sources on Wednesday.Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) won 62 seats in the 70-member Assembly with the BJP accounting for the remaining 8 and the Congress drawing ablank.
Addressing a press conference at the AAP headquarters,senior party leader Manish Sisodia, who was the deputy chief minister in theoutgoing government, said the cabinet ministers will also take oath along withKejriwal
The possible induction of young first-time MLAs RaghavChadha and Atishi Marlena was a subject of much speculation.
However, AAP sources said that the party chief is unlikelyto tinker with the existing combination and is set to retain all the incumbentministers. The sources said the portfolios of the ministers will be decidedlater.Besides Kejriwal and Sisodia, the other ministers in the outgoing Cabinetwere Rajendra Pal Gautam, Satyendar Jain, Kailash Gahlot, Gopal Rai and ImranHussain.
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal will administer the oath ofoffice and secrecy to the ministers. Kejriwal had a 15-minute meeting withBaijal earlier in the day, an official said.
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