National Desk:
Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi Marlena have been made cabinet ministers in the Kejriwal government. The two leaders took oath as ministers at the Raj Bhavan at 4 pm on Thursday. Both were sworn in by LG VK Saxena. CM Arvind Kejriwal was also present during the swearing-in ceremony.
The two ministers have been given their departments along with the swearing-in ceremony. Atishi will handle six departments. She has been given the portfolios of Education, PWD, Women and Child Development, Energy, Art Culture and Language and Tourism. Saurabh will have seven departments. He will be handled by the Health, Urban Development, Water, Irrigation and Flood Control, Vigilance, Services and Industry departments.
As soon as they took over as minister, Atishi made a big announcement. She said Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain would take over the education and health departments after their return from jail.
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