CM Atishi reaches Delhi Assembly, interesting seating arrangement effected
by Sudeshna Panda · KalingaTVNew Delhi: The two-day special session of the Delhi Assembly has started from Thursday. A new seating arrangement has been effected by the the newly appointed Chief Minister of Delhi. Atishi has been allotted the first seat. Former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal was seen sitting on seat number 41.
Before becoming CM, Atishi was sitting in seat number 19. Seat numbers of many Delhi ministers including Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kailash Gehlot and Mukesh Ahlawat have been changed. Opposition leader Vijendra Gupta’s seat number in the Delhi Assembly has been changed from 94 to 100.
A new seating plan has come after Atishi took charge as Chief Minister. Atishi took charge as Chief Minister from September 23. However, she refused to sit on the seat of the AAP Coordinator Arvind Kejriwal. Atishi took charge of the post of Chief Minister of Delhi in a unique fashion. She sat down on a chair next to the Chief Minister’s chair and took charge.
The new CM of Delhi Atishi took charge of office on September 23 with an unique gesture. She placed an empty chair besides her. Upon assuming office the Delhi CM Atishi said, “I have taken charge as the Delhi Chief Minister. Today my pain is the same as that was of Bharat when Lord Ram went to exile for 14 years and Bharat had to take charge.”
The CM further said, “Like Bharat kept the sandals of Lord Ram for 14 years and assumed charge, similarly, for the next four months, I will run the Delhi government like that…Arvind Kejriwal has set an example of dignity and morality. For the last two years, the BJP has left no stone unturned to malign the image of Arvind Kejriwal.”