New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political upheaval in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a meeting of party MLAs and councillors on Wednesday evening, news agency ANI reported.
According to the report, the party strategy, in the wake of recent developments, will be discussed in the meeting.
“During the meeting, there is likely going to be a discussion on what the party will do following the events that have unfolded in the last few days,” a PTI source said.
The meeting comes ahead of a cabinet reshuffle, after ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, both arrested on charges of corruption, resigned from the Cabinet.
Manish Sisodia, who was handling 18 of the total 33 departments in the Delhi government, was arrested on Sunday evening by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Delhi liquor policy case. Satyendar Jain, currently lodged in Tihar jail, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in last May in connection with a money laundering case.
Notably, both the resignations were sent to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena for acceptance on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Governor Saxena approved CM Kejriwal’s proposal to allot new departments to minister Kailash Gahlot and Rajkumar Anand. He had sent a proposal to allot eight portfolios to Gahlot and 10 departments to Anand.
A notification issued by the Delhi government said Gahlot has been allotted Finance, Planning, Public Works Department, Power, Home, Urban Development, Irrigation and Flood Control, and Water departments, apart from the ones he is handling.
Anand has been allotted the Education department, Land and Building, Vigilance, Services, Tourism, Art, Culture and Language, Labour, Employment, Health and Industries.
Ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle, CM Kejriwal has proposed the names of AAP MLAs Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi Marlena to Lieutenant Governor Saxena to be elevated as ministers, ANI reported.