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Highlights: ‘Need PM Modi’s blessings to work for Delhi’s welfare’: CM Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal oath-taking Ceremony Highlights: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal took oath as Delhi CM on Sunday; six ministers were also sworn-in with him.

By HT Correspondent | Updated: Feb 16, 2020 18:02 IST
Highlights: ‘Need PM Modi’s blessings to work for Delhi’s welfare’: CM Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal took oath as Delhi's chief minister at Ramlila Maidan on Feb 16, 2020.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal took oath as chief minister for his third consecutive term today. The AAP won 62 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged the remaining eight seats.

All six ministers who served in his cabinet in the previous term- Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Imran Hussain, Gopal Rai, Rajendra Gautam and Kailash Gehlot- have been retained by him. These ministers were also sworn-in along with the chief minister.

11:35 AM IST

Anti-terror measures, security arrangements in place at Ramlila Maidan

The Delhi Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) MS Randhawa on Sunday said all security arrangement for crowd management, anti-terror measures, crime prevention have been made in and around Ramlila Maidan for the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal.

11:30 AM IST

'Nayak 2 is Back Again': Filmy poster at Kejriwal's swearing-in venue

Creative posters have cropped up in support of the Aam Admi party chief Arvind Kejriwal. "Nayak 2 is Back Again", read a banner which sports a photograph of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor the main lead in the film on the left and Arvind Kejriwal wearing Aam Aadmi Party's cap on the right.

11:28 AM IST

Ahead of swearing-in, Kejriwal's statue installed at Ludhiana wax museum

A wax statue of AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has been installed at Prabhakar Wax Museum in Punjab's Ludhiana. The sculptor, Prabhakar, said the statue is a way of congratulating Kejriwal for his win.

11:24 AM IST

'Baby Mufflerman' to attend the event

“Baby Mufflerman” Aavyan Tomar, the toddler who stole hearts when he dressed up as Arvind Kejriwal on counting day, is also likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

11:13 AM IST

'Come to Ramlila Maidan to bless your son,' Kejriwal tweets

Referring himself as "son of Delhi", the AAP convener early on Sunday morning tweeted stating, "Delhiites, your son is going to take oath as Delhi chief minister for the third time. You must come to bless your son".

11:03 AM IST

List of invitees includes PM Modi, who is unlikely to attend event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seven lawmakers of the Bharatiya Janata Party who represent the city and all the eight of its newly-elected members of legislative assembly have been invited to Arvind Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony. PM Modi will not be attending the event as he is in Varanasi.

10:59 AM IST

Thousands are expected to turn up for ceremony

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to turn up at the Ramlila Maidan as Kejriwal and his ministers take the oath of office.

10:57 AM IST

Fans start arriving at oath-taking venue

An Aam Aadmi Party fan Uday Veer arrives at Ramlila Maidan for Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony.

10:33 AM IST

Arvind Kejriwal contested and won from New Delhi seat

Arvind Kejriwal contested from New Delhi constituency in Delhi Assembly Elections. Congress fielded Romesh Sabharwal while BJP fielded Sunil Yadav from this constituency.

10:21 AM IST

Arvind Kejriwal to be sworn-in after 12 pm

Delhi CM-designate is going to be sworn-in after 12 pm.

09:54 AM IST

‘Forcing teachers to attend CM’s oath ceremony will set wrong precedent’: Kapil Mishra

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra on Saturday slammed AAP for inviting the heads of government schools and said that “forcing” the teachers to come for the ceremony is the beginning of a wrong tradition.

09:53 AM IST

AAP requested Delhi school heads to attend ceremony

School heads in Delhi were requested by AAP to attend the swearing-in ceremony, along with 20 teachers, including vice-principals, entrepreneurship mindset curriculum coordinators, happiness coordinators and teacher development coordinators.

09:50 AM IST

'Special invitees chosen to send out message that...': Manish Sisodia

"Special invitees were chosen to send out the message that the victory in the assembly polls held on February 8 was also a verdict on their contributions to make Delhi better," said Manish Sisodia.

09:44 AM IST

'Nothing wrong with cabinet being retained': Manish Sisodia

'There is nothing wrong if Arvind Kejriwal ji thinks that the same cabinet should be repeated. People are happy with the work of the cabinet and we won the elections on basis of our work. We will continue to build and maintain the confidence of the people," said Manish Sisodia.

09:31 AM IST

50 special guests have been invited to share stage with Kejriwal

Fifty people have been chosen by AAP to share stage with Delhi’s chief minister designate Arvind Kejriwal, as he takes oath in Ramlila Maidan.

First published: Feb 16, 2020 05:51 IST