President appoints Atishi as Delhi CM, accepts Arvind Kejriwal's resignation; oath ceremony on Sept 21

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed Atishi as the chief minister of Delhi, from the date of her being sworn in and accepted Arvind Kejriwal's resignation, reported ANI, citing sources.

The President further cleared the appointment of five ministers. The oath ceremony will be held on September 21, 2024, at Raj Niwas.

According to a PTI report, citing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sources, the ceremony may be held around 4.30 pm on Saturday.


After Kejriwal tendered resignation as Delhi chief minister along with the council of ministers to Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena on Tuesday, files of both the resignation and government formation by Atishi were sent to President Murmu for her nod.

The AAP MLAs met earlier this week and unanimously chose Atishi as the leader of the ruling legislature party.

The new council of ministers announced by AAP includes Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Imran Hussain and new entrant Mukesh Ahlawat, who is a first-time MLA from Sultanpur Majra.

Rai, Gahlot, Bharadwaj and Hussain are ministers in the outgoing Kejriwal government.

Kejriwal, the AAP national convener, walked out of the Tihar jail on September 13, spending over five months there in an excise policy case.

In a surprise announcement two days later, Kejriwal said he would resign in the wake of BJP's "mud slinging" against him over corruption. He would return to the post of chief minister after getting "certificate of honesty" from Delhi people in the upcoming assembly polls, he said