MUKESH AHLAWAT NEW FACE IN ATISHI CABINET, KAILASH GAHLOT TO BE RETAINED: SOURCES
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mukesh Ahlawat will take oath as a minister of Delhi Chief Minister-designate Atishi's cabinet on Saturday. The Dalit MLA represents Delhi's Sultan Pur Majra Assembly constituency.
The four other Delhi Ministers set to retain Cabinet posts are Kailash Gahlot, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Gopal Rai, and Imran Hussain.
Ahlawat had contested the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections for the first time from Sultanpur Majra on an AAP ticket. He won the polls with 48,042 votes and replaced Sandeep Kumar, former minister for the welfare of Scheduled castes.
Ahlawat is an important Dalit face from Delhi North West region and after the resignation of Rajendra Pal Gautam and Rajkumar Anand, the place of a Dalit minister in the cabinet had remained vacant.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, his name was in the news as a candidate from North West Delhi. However, due to the election alliance, this seat went to Congress.
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