Indian Americans are expressing enthusiasm over Arvind Kejriwal recently appointing Atishi Singh as chief minister of Delhi.
Singh, or Atishi Marlena, likes to go by her first name, Atishi.
A staunch loyalist, Atishi is spearheading the Aam Admi Party, which she joined at its inception, as it battles multiple crises. The 43-year-old is now the third woman chief minister of Delhi after Sheila Dikshit and Sushma Swaraj.
Today, Saturday, 21st September, Atishi Marlena (also known as Atishi) will take oath as Chief Minister of Delhi from the Lt. Governor of Delhi’s residence, having been ‘elected’ by the MLAs of Aam Admi Party on 17th September (the ‘election’ was of course a euphemism for a diktat by the AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal).
I submit that Atishi will only be a puppet of Arvind Kejriwal, and will loyally and wilfully carry out his orders, and will do nothing significant without his specific oral instructions. Now that he is out of jail (after spending about 6 months there), Kejriwal will have a free hand and no restrictions in issuing such orders to Atishi.
The Aam Aadmi Party’s National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal resigned as the Chief Minister of Delhi Tuesday, September 17, just hours after selecting Atishi as his successor for the post.
Accompanied by other AAP leaders, including Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kejriwal arrived at the Delhi Lieutenant Governor’s residence around 4:30 P.M. and submitted his resignation to LG Saxena.
The Aam Aadmi Party has named senior leader Atishi Marlena as Arvind Kerjiwal’s replacement. Atishi will be the new chief minister of Delhi.
As per reports, the party unanimously decided on the issue after Kejriwal suggested Atishi’s name on Tuesday, September 17.
In a major move, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said Sunday, September 15, that he will resign from the position of Chief Minister after two days and won’t sit on the chair of CM, until the public of Delhi declares him “honest”.
Kejriwal further said that if the public votes for him, it will give him a certificate for his honesty. He also said he would ask for early polls along with the state of Maharashtra.
The Supreme Court of India on Friday directed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to be released on bail in connection with the corruption case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam.
While turning down his distinct plea challenging arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Justice Surya Kant, heading a two-judge Bench, order CM Kejriwal’s release on bail but restrained him from making any “public comments on merits of the case” pending trial before the court.
The Delhi High Court in its final verdict on the Enforcement Directorate’s plea, stayed a trial court order granting bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Justice Sudhir Jain said Tuesday, June 25, that the documents and arguments were not appreciated by the trial court.
On June 20, a Delhi court granted bail to the Chief Minister in connection with a money laundering case related to the now-scrapped excise policy. Following this, the ED moved the high court which stayed the order till its pronouncement of the final order.
New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is back in judicial custody till June 5 in connection with the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.
Kejriwal, earlier on Sunday, June 2 surrendered at Tihar Jail upon expiry of the 21-day interim bail period granted by the Supreme Court.
he Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest and subsequent remand by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy case. Agreeing to examine the matter, a bench presided over by Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the federal anti-money laundering agency to file its reply by April 24.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petition challenging his arrest by the ED and the trial court order remanding him to the agency’s custody. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who presided over the case noted the ED’s submission that CM Kejriwal was in possession of enough material which had led them to arrest him.
The AAP wants a small area in Tihar Central Jail to be segregated for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s use as an office, and the party intends to approach court for seeking this facility for its leader. The AAP wants the Delhi CM to have access to essential office facilities, including video conferencing in the designated area in Tihar, sources within the party said on Tuesday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be lodged in Jail Number 2 of Tihar Jail after the Rouse Avenue Court on Monday sent AAP supremo to judicial custody till April 15 in an alleged money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy case, sources said. Sources further mentioned that Arvind Kejriwal will stay alone in a barrack at Tihar under 24-hour CCTV surveillance.
Last week, India’s Ministry of External Affairs summoned the acting deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in India Gloria Berbena and took strong objection to the US State Department’s remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking India for “a fair, transparent, and timely legal process” for the jailed leader.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday staged protests in the national capital against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy case. Delhi Minister Atishi led a candle march at Kalkaji in southwest Delhi while INDIA bloc candidate from East Delhi Lok Sabha seat Kuldeep Kumar, and AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha held candle marches in east Delhi and Burari respectively.
INDIA or Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance bloc will hold a mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on March 31 to “save democracy” in India, Congress Delhi unit chief Arvinder Singh Lovely said on Sunday. The announcement was made at a joint press conference by the Congress and AAP, allies in the INDIA bloc.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (seen in the back seat of the car in the picture above), who has been taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the liquor policy case, withdrew his plea filed before the Supreme Court on Friday. A special Bench of the top court was scheduled to hear on Friday afternoon the plea filed by Chief Minister Kejriwal seeking quashing of his arrest.
Nationalist Congress Party – Sharachandra Pawar (NCP-SP) President Sharad Pawar on Friday condemned the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and said the Aam Aadmi Party will sweep the Lok Sabha elections. Speaking to the media, Sharad Pawar reiterated how the Central investigation agencies were being used against Opposition political parties and their leaders, and flayed the nabbing of CM Kejriwal late Thursday evening.
As Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday left for Delhi to express solidarity with his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the AAP has asked its supporters to reach Amb Sahib Gurdwara in Mohali near here to lodge a protest at 12 noon.
Terming the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as the BJP’s “political conspiracy,” Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Friday said that it is the first time that a sitting CM has been arrested by the Central government agency Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday, following revelations of the use of hawala operators to transfer proceeds for funding elections, meetings and details of the hotels, and statements of approvers, as per sources in the financial probe agency.
The inescapable hold of India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) as it took the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal into custody on Thursday evening, has left the curious lot with a number of questions answered about the AAP supremo’s arrest and what comes next. Kejriwal, who now stands to be the first sitting Chief Minister arrested from the Opposition INDIA bloc, was questioned at his official residence for more than two hours in connection with the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam before he was taken to the probe agency’s office on A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Road at 11 p.m. IST on Thursday.
Justice Markandey Katju writes: Arvind Kejriwal joined social worker Anna Hazare’s movement for integrity in public life in 2012, and became Chief Minister of Delhi in 2013, riding piggyback on the movement. Since there was massive corruption in public life in India, people were fed up of it, and were looking for a redeemer, who would end this nefarious practice that had spread its tentacles all over the country.
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Sunita Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, on Sunday read out his message at the INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan here and questioned the Central government over his arrest. Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged excise scam and is in the financial probe agency’s custody.
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