Dynamite News Delhi: Who is new CM Atishi? Know about her
Delhi gets a new Chief Minister... Atishi. Her name was announced in the AAP Legislature Party meeting. Read further on Dynamite News:
New Delhi: Atishi, a Minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government, has been named as the new Chief Minister of Delhi. After the Aam Aadmi Party Legislature Party meeting, Arvind Kejriwal announced the name of the new CM of Delhi.
However, it is not clear yet when she will take oath as the CM.
Atishi: A backgrounder
Know who is Atishi, who has been given the command of Delhi?
Atishi was born to Delhi University professor Vijay Kumar Singh and Tripta Vahi. She did her schooling in Springdale School.
Atishi studied history at St. Stephen's College and earned a Master's Degree at Oxford University on a Chevening Scholarship. A few years later, she earned her second master's degree from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in Educational Research.
She spent seven years in a small village in Madhya Pradesh, where she became involved with organic farming and progressive education systems.
Atishi worked with several non-profit organisations there, where she first met some members of the AAP and joined the Aam Aadmi Party. (...being updated)