Manish Sisodia resigns: Kailash Gahlot, Raaj Kumar Anand likely to get ex-dy CM's portfolios

The now former deputy chief minister held 18 out of the total 33 portfolios in the Delhi government.

Updated on: Feb 28, 2023, 19:34:36 IST

By HT News Desk, New Delhi

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AAP leaders Kailash Gahlot and Raaj Kumar Anand, both sitting ministers in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government, are likely to be given portfolios held by Manish Sisodia, the now former deputy chief minister of Delhi who resigned on Tuesday.

Kailash Gahlot already holds 6 portfolios in the Delhi cabinet (File Photo)

Sisodia held as many as 18 out of the total 33 portfolios in Kejriwal's cabinet. Gahlot already holds charge of six departments: law, transport, revenue, administrative reforms, information technology, and women and child development.

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Anand, on the other hand, is the minister for Gurudwara Elections, SC and ST, social welfare, and cooperative.

Meanwhile, the resignations of Sisodia and Satyendar Jain – both stepped down on Tuesday – leave Kejriwal with only four ministers in his cabinet: Gahlot, Anand, Gopal Rai and Imran Hussain. The chief minister has not kept any portfolio with himself.

The resignations came shortly after the Supreme Court dismissed a bail plea filed by Sisodia. On Feb 26, the now former deputy CM was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged excise policy scam; excise was among the 18 departments held by him.

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Jain, on the other hand, was arrested in May last year by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case. Though he continued in the cabinet, his ministries were allocated to Sisodia.

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