28, December 2013
NEW DELHI: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday took oath as the seventh chief minister of Delhi.
Lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung administered the oath of office and secrecy to Kejriwal and six other ministers at the Ramlila Maidan.
Six ministers -- Manish Sisodia, Somnath Bharti, Rakhi Birla, Satyendra Jain, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Girish Soni -- also took oath of office and secrecy at the ceremony.
After the ceremony, Kejriwal would visit Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat to pay homage.
The 45-year-old Kejriwal's AAP won 28 seats in the 70-member Delhi assembly after theBharatiya Janata Party failed to form a government despite winning 31 seats as it lacked majority in the house.
The AAP has the legislative backing of the eight-member Congress, which was routed after ruling Delhi for 15 long years.
Published by: The Times Of India