Atishi tendered her resignation as Delhi Chief Minister on Sunday, following her get together’s loss within the meeting elections.
The Aam Aadmi Social gathering chief submitted her resignation to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on the Raj Niwas on Sunday.
Atishi, 43, was serving because the Chief Minister of Delhi since September final 12 months. Her elevation to the highest submit got here after Kejriwal introduced resignation from his submit, days after resigning from the submit.
She grew to become the third girl chief minister of Delhi after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit.
AAP suffered an enormous setback within the Delhi meeting elections, because it might safe solely 22 seats, an enormous drop from its earlier tally of 62.
The BJP gained a historic mandate in Delhi polls on Saturday, returning to energy within the nationwide capital after 27 years by ousting AAP.
Atishi, nonetheless, retained the Kalkaji seat after a hard-fought contest and defeated BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri by a margin of three,521 votes.
Acknowledging her particular person victory, Atishi conceded AAP’s defeat within the Delhi Meeting elections and vowed to proceed preventing towards the BJP.
Atishi’s win in Kalkaji constituency stands out for AAP, particularly as a number of of its high leaders, together with former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, misplaced their constituencies.
BJP’s Parvesh Verma emerged as a giant-killer within the meeting election with a decisive win of over 4,000 votes over former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi seat.
The Congress, which hoped for its revival within the nationwide capital, once more did not win any seat.
