After the resignation of Mr. Manish Sisodia as the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, handling 18 other portfolios, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government appointed 2 Cabinet ministers on his position.
According to sources, on the 1st of March, Wednesday, AAP Cabinet Minister Mr. Kailash Gehlot and Mr. Raj Kumar Anand would be taking over the portfolios of Mr. Manish Sisodia. While, Mr. Kailash Gehlot would handle 8 portfolios of Mr. Sisodia, the remaining 10 portfolios would be taken care by Mr. Raj Kumar Anand.
ut of 18 departments that Sisodia was leading, the responsibilities of eight departments, including Finance and PWD, have been given to Gahlot, while the remaining ten departments that includes Education and Health have been assigned to Anand.
With the new responsibilities given to Gehlot and Anand, both ministers will have now 14 departments each.
Gahlot was already handling six departments that includes Law, Justice and Legislative affairs, Transportation, Administrative Reforms, Information Technology, Revenue, and Women and Child Development.
While Rajkumar Anand was the minister of four departments – Gurudwara Elections, SC & ST, Social Welfare, and Cooperative.
Meanwhile, Gopal Rai currently handles three departments – Development, General Administration Department, and Environment, Forest and Wild life. Imran Hussain has the responsibility of two departments – Food & Supplies and Election.
The Arvind Kejriwal led AAP Government in Delhi is likely to induct new ministers after the resignation of Mr. Manish Sisodia and Mr. Satyender Jail, soon.
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