AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Delhi's youngest CM

NEW DELHI: Making history in the national capital, Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday took oath as the Delhi Chief Minister. Kejriwal is the youngest Chief Minister of the national capital.

45-year-old Kejriwal, a former revenue service official, who broke from Anna Hazare's campaign for Lokpal and scored a stunning debut in electoral politics winning 28 of the 70 seats, took the oath of office and secrecy at a public ceremony in the historic Ramlila Maidan, the fast venue of the anti-graft campaigners more than two years ago.

At the Ram Lila Maidan in Delhi, Manish Sisodia, Rakhi Birla, Somnath Bharti, Girish Soni, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Satyendra Jain - the six members of Kejrwal's cabinet also took oath.

Sporting his trademark Gandhi cap proclaiming that "I am an aam admi', Kejriwal wore a blue pullover over bush shirt and trousers discarding the traditional 'kurta-pyjama' of politicians.

Earlier in the day, security was beefed up at the Kausambi Metro Station in view of Kejriwal's decision to take the metro to Ramlila Maidan. Kejriwal along with Manish Sisodia and other AAP supporters took the train from Kausambi Metro Station around 11 AM.

Additional security personnel from CISF had been deployed at the station. Besides, Uttar Pradesh Police personnel had also been deployed around Kausambi Metro Station.

Kejriwal will get off the train at Rajiv Chowk Metro station and took the Barakambha-bound metro. A large number of people gathered at the Kausambi Metro station to see Kejriwal.