President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignations of Sisodia and Jain, and has additionally appointed Bharadwaj and Atishi as ministers in the Delhi authorities headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Saxena had really useful the names of Atishi and Bharadwaj to President Murmu for appointments as ministers in the Cabinet following a advice from Kejriwal for his or her elevation to the Cabinet.
Atishi and Bharadwaj will be attending the Delhi Assembly’s Budget Session commencing from March 17 as ministers after their swearing in on March 9, the sources mentioned.
“The President is happy to settle for, on the recommendation of the Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the resignation of Shri Manish Sisodia, a Minister in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, with instant impact,” an official notification mentioned.
The same notification was additionally issued with regard to Jain.
Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26 in reference to alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi liquor or excise coverage for 2021-22. He is presently in judicial custody, until March 20.
Jain, who can also be in judicial custody, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a case of alleged cash laundering on May 30 final yr.
Bharadwaj has been an MLA of the AAP since 2013 and is presently the vice-chairman of the Delhi Jal Board. He was a minister of the short-lived first Kejriwal authorities in 2013.
Atishi is an MLA of the AAP since 2020 and has been related to the occasion since its inception. She was an advisor of Sisodia in his training portfolio.