The lone woman minister of Delhi, Atishi has been elected unanimously to succeed Arvind Kejriwal as the next Chief Minister, said Gopal Rai to newsmen on Tuesday.
He added that Atishi received unanimous support at the AAP legislature party meet on Tuesday and also said she would be Delhi CM till next Assembly elections.
Gopal Rai also added that Arvind Kejriwal would present himself to the LG office at Delhi around 4.30 P.M today and tender his resignation.
The party would then stake its claim for a new govt formation with Atishi.
During making those announcements, Gopal Rai even accused BJP and Centre of plotting AAP's fall.
"This arrangement is being done to defeat the BJP's wicked designs to hurt the AAP. The BJP has long been conspiring to break and destroy our party. The Centre has been misusing agencies to harass and torture its rivals," said the Delhi minister and Kejriwal's close aide.
Probity and integrity have been two biggest strengths of Arvind Kejriwal, according to Gopal Rai.
As malafide and malicious attempts were made to question his integrity and malign his reputation, he chose to give away the post, he added.
The Delhi Cabinet Minister also demanded that Assembly elections in the city be preponed to November this year.
When asked about Cabinet formation under Atishi, he said that any decision on induction of new ministers or Cabinet expansion would be taken later.
No word yet on when Atishi will take oath as Delhi CM.
He said the Delhi government under Atishi will primarily have two responsibilities- First, to continue the city's growth trajectory under the party and the second would be safeguarding AAP's flagship programmes from evil designs and machinations of the BJP.
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