Delhi Chief Minister Atish
After Kailash Gehlot, a senior minister in the Delhi government, resigned, a total of four ministers were left in the Atish cabinet. After Kailash Gehlot resigns, who will replace him in the cabinet? There is also talk of not expanding the cabinet.
Delhi is likely to hold assembly elections in two months’ time. In this case, three political situations are forming in the Atish cabinet after Gehlot’s resignation. Learn about these three scenes from this story…
Scenario 1 – Expansion is possible only after elections
Less than two months are left for the Delhi Assembly elections. There were rumors of a code of conduct being implemented in early January. In this case, the chances of anyone being appointed as a new minister are reduced.
Ordinary people have gone into election mode. The party has officially announced that Arvind Kejriwal will be the new chief minister after the elections. In this case, there will be discussions about expanding the new cabinet only after the elections.
However, one of the arguments behind cabinet expansion is to solve this equation. In this case, I wonder who will have a chance if the cabinet is expanded?
Scenario 2 – There are still 2 vacancies in the Cabinet.
Delhi can produce a total of 7 ministers including the chief minister. Two positions are currently vacant following the resignation of Kailash Gehlot. The question is, should only Grote’s position be filled, or both?
Currently, the Delhi government includes leaders from one Rajput, one Dalit, one Muslim, one Bhumihar and one Brahmin community. There is no leader from the OBC community in the cabinet.
Scenario 3 – One of these 4 people gets a ministerial position
The fate of one of your 4 MLAs may change if only Kailash Gehlot’s seat is filled in the Delhi government and it is decided to give only the Jat community’s seat.
MLA Virendra Kadian from Delhi Cantonment, Bhupinder June from Bijwasan, Dharampal Lakra from Mundka and Raghuvinder Shaukeen from Nagloi Jat all belong to the Jat community. In this scenario, any one of those four could earn a spot in Groote’s place.
Delhi 10% Jat, affecting 8 seats
Jat voters in the capital Delhi account for about 10%. Jats dominate some 364 villages in the capital bordering Haryana. In terms of parliamentary seats, the Jat factor is dominant in eight seats including Mundka, Nagloi and Najafgarh. This represents more than 10% of the total seats.
Last time, the Aam Aadmi Party won five Jat-dominated seats. The BJP won 3 seats.
Kailash Gehlot resigns ahead of elections
Kailash Gehlot resigned from the government and party just two months before the assembly elections. Kailash Gehlot cited Sheeshmahal, Yamuna cleanliness and fight for Delhi as the main issues for his resignation.
Najafgarh MLA Kailash Gehlot was inducted into the Arvind Kejriwal cabinet in 2015. He has big departments like transportation. AAP, meanwhile, termed Gehlot’s resignation as a conspiracy by the BJP.
