Current members may be retained in Atishi cabinet, 2 new faces likely

Sources say while incumbent Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Imran Hussain will be retained, Karol Bagh MLA Vishesh Ravi or Kondli MLA Kuldeep Kumar could be among the new faces

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New Delhi, Updated At : 08:25 PM Sep 18, 2024 IST

Delhi CM-designate Atishi addresses the media in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (PTI Photo)

All sitting ministers will be retained in the new Delhi cabinet led by Atishi while two new members may join the government, AAP sources said on Wednesday, ruling out any "experiment" as elections are just months away.

Sources said while incumbent Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Imran Hussain will be retained, Karol Bagh MLA Vishesh Ravi or Kondli MLA Kuldeep Kumar could be among the new faces.

Atishi is likely to take oath as the chief minister of Delhi along with her ministers on September 21.

"Since the Assembly polls are approaching, not much experiment is expected in the selection of members of council of ministers and old faces will most certainly be retained while two new ministers could join in," said a party leader.

Kejriwal on Tuesday tendered his resignation to Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena and Atishi, who was earlier chosen as Leader of the AAP's legislature party in the Assembly, staked claim to form a new government.

Vishesh Ravi or Kuldeep Kumar could be inducted to fill the vacancy created by resignation of then Social Welfare minister Raaj Kumar Anand, AAP sources claimed.

Anand resigned from the Kejriwal government and quit AAP in April this year.

Names of party MLAs Jarnail Singh, Durgesh Pathak, Somnath Bharti and Sanjeev Jha were doing the rounds in the party circles as the probables to fill the vacancy created due to the elevation of Atishi to the chief minister's post.