On Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi met Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena and submitted her resignation to him at the Delhi Secretariat, even though Atishi retained her seat in Kalkaji.
She resigned from the top post after meeting LG VK Saxena at the Raj Niwas, a day after AAP suffered a major poll setback in Delhi. Atishi had retained the Kalkaji seat. She defeated BJP candidate Ramesh Bidhuri by 3,521 votes, however the BJP registered a thumping victory in the Delhi elections.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lost the Delhi Assembly election getting just 22 seats against the BJP’s mighty 48. It was a tough fight with Bidhuri leading in the initial rounds of counting.
The Delhi election results on February 8 showed a major upset for the Aam Admi Party (AAP) with senior leaders including Manish Sisodia, Satender Jain and party national convener Arvind Kejriwal suffering defeats. Amid this, a key strategist for the AAP, Atishi’s win stood out as one of the few success stories for the party.
When she assumed office as chief minister last year, Atishi kept the chair used by her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal empty in her office waiting for him and was dubbed as a temporary CM by some.
