New Delhi, Sep 17: The Aam Aadmi Party will announce the name of the leader who will replace Arvind Kejriwal as the Delhi chief minister at 12 pm on Tuesday after the legislative party meeting, the party said.
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The meeting of party MLAs commenced at Kejriwal’s residence around 11.20 am. The meeting began with an address by AAP national general secretary (Organisation) Sandeep Pathak, sources said.
“The name of the new CM will be announced at 12 noon today after the legislative party meeting,” a party functionary said.
The party added that the Delhi Assembly will be convened on September 26 and 27.
Ahead of the legislative party meeting, Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj ruled out the possibility of Sunita Kejriwal replacing her husband.
“As much as I know Arvind Kejriwal’s politics, he won’t do that. Sunita ji herself is not interested,” he told reporters.
Kejriwal had announced his decision to resign from the post of chief minister on Sunday. He had said that he will only sit on the CM’s chair when people give him a “certificate of honesty”. (Agencies)
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