Delhi Cabinet reshuffle: Atishi gets additional charge of finance, revenue and planning dept

Delhi Minister Atishi on Friday was assigned additional portfolios in the cabinet which included finance, revenue and planning departments. The decision of the reshuffle was approved by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.

The three departments were earlier held by Minister Kailash Gahlot.

Atishi, along with Saurabh Bharadwaj, was inducted into the cabinet in March following the resignations of Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain.


She had been holding the portfolios of power, education, art, culture and language, tourism, higher education, training and technical education, and public relations. New additions will increase her number of portfolios to 12.

Gahlot, whom Atishi replaced was given the portfolios of planning and finance following Sisodia's resignation, who was arrested in connection with the excise policy case and is currently lodged in Tihar.

Before Atishi's appointment to three new departments, a row had erupted over the cabinet reshuffle file between the AAP government and LG Saxena's office.

The AAP government had accused LG Saxena of withholding the proposal for the cabinet reshuffle. This claim has been denied by the sources in LG Saxena's office.

(With inputs from PTI)