Sisodia To Be Deputy CM, 4 New Faces Likely In AAP Cabinet

By siliconindia | Thursday, 12 February 2015, 10:20 Hrs

NEW DELHI: Manish Sisodia is all set to be the deputy chief minister in Arvind Kejriwal government which is likely to have four new faces this time, Aam Aadmi Party sources said.

Barring Mr. Sisodia, who is a close confidant of Mr. Kejriwal, and Satyendra Jain, the rest four- Rakhi Birla, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Somnath Bharti, Girish Soni —— who were in AAP’s earlier cabinet —— are unlikely to make it this time.

The sources said the party has decided to induct Jitendra Tomar (Tri Nagar), Kapil Mishra (Karawal Nagar), Sandeep Kumar (Sultanpuri Majra) and Asim Ahmed Khan (Matia Mahal)— the only minority face— in the ministry. The four are also first time legislators. The new government may not have a woman member.

The list will be sent to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, they added. The new Cabinet will be sworn in.

Mr. Sisodia was de facto number two in the previous AAP government and had handled important portfolios like education, urban development, PWD, land and buildings.

Source: PTI