Atishi retains 13 portfolios, pending works to get major push

Ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kailash Gahlot, Gopal Rai and Imran Hussain were reallocated portfolios they were previously handling to ensure continuity, AAP leaders said. Meanwhile, the new entrant into the Cabinet, Mukesh Ahlawat, was allocated SC & ST department, Gurudwara elections, land and building, and labour and employment — essentially taking over the portfolios handled by ex-minister Raaj Kumar Anand, before his exit from the party.

“In these four months, under the guidance of Arvind Kejriwal, all the work of Delhiites will be done... which was stopped by BJP through its conspiracies. Arvind Kejriwal is now out of jail and will not let any conspiracy of BJP succeed,” CM Atishi said in a press conference on Saturday evening.

An official said that under Rule 3 of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Allocation of Business) Rules 1993, the lieutenant governor, in consultation with the chief minister, allocates the portfolios to ministers. The portfolios will be officially allocated as per the CM’s proposal after a notification is issued by the general administration department of the Delhi government, following the LG’s nod.