Mukesh Ahlawat new face in Delhi Cabinet; Atishi to retain 4 ministers
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New Delhi: Four ministers will remain in the Delhi Cabinet led by Atishi, who will take the oath of office as chief minister on September 21, according to a statement released by the party on Thursday. The new face of the cabinet will be AAP MLA Mukesh Ahlawat.
The new Cabinet and Chief Minister-designate Atishi will take the oath of office on the same day, PTI reported.
AAP said ministers Gopal Rai, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kailash Gahlot and Imran Hussain will continue to be part of the Cabinet.
Ahlawat, MLA from Delhi's Sultanpur Majra, has been inducted to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of social welfare minister Raaj Kumar Anand.
Anand resigned from the Kejriwal government and quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in April.
The Council of Ministers of the Delhi government has seven members, including the chief minister.
The tenure of the new chief minister and the new entrant will be brief as Delhi assembly polls are due in February next year.
The name of the seventh member is yet to be announced.