Kejriwal to take oath on Feb. 14

Exactly an year after he had resigned as Delhi Chief Minister, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal will be taking oath as the CM again on February 14 at Ramlila Maidan.

“Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as the Delhi Chief Minister on February 14 at Ramlila Maidan,” AAP leader Ashutosh said after the party’s landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls.

Mr. Kejriwal emerged victorious in the high-profile New Delhi constituency by handing over a crushing defeat to BJP’s Nupur Sharma by a huge margin of 31,583 votes.

After AAP had thrown a surprise by uprooting Congress out of power in 2013 Assembly elections as a debutant party, Mr. Kejriwal had taken oath as Delhi’s seventh Chief Minister on December 28 at a public ceremony in the historic Ramlila Maidan, the venue of the Lokpal movement.

He had defeated the three-time Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dixit on her home-turf by a margin of 25,864 votes.

However, after serving the government for 49 days, he had resigned on February 14 last year after his push for the anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill was blocked in the state Assembly by BJP and Congress.

AAP MLAs to meet

With the party securing a landslide win in the Delhi Assembly polls, the victorious AAP candidates will be getting together for a meeting here this evening.

The winning candidates have been asked to be present at 5 pm at the Constitution Club.

“All the party MLAs will be meeting today at 5 PM,” AAP leader Ashutosh said even as the party’s office turned into a celebration zone as the results poured in.

AAP is heading for a landslide victory in Delhi with its candidates leading on 67 seats.