Feb 12, 2020
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has been elected as the leader of the AAP legislature party in the Assembly by the MLAs on Wednesday.
He will take oath as Delhi Chief Minister for the third time on February 16.
Kejriwal was elected unopposed during a meeting at his residence with all the 62 MLAs.
Senior party leader Manish Sisodia, also the MLA elect from Patparganj, proposed to make Kejriwal the leader of the legislative party.
Along with the MLAs, election in-charge Sanjay Singh and campaign in-charge Pankaj Gupta were also in the meeting.
In the Delhi Assembly election results for which were announced on Tuesday, Kejriwal’s AAP swept the elections winning 62 of the 70 seats on Tuesday leaving the main rival BJP way behind.
The swearing-in ceremony will take place at the historic Ramlila Maidan — similar to that of last two times.
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