Mukesh Ahlawat, who is likely to handle the Social Welfare portfolio in CM Atishi's cabinet, is a first-time MLA.

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal resigned as the Delhi chief minister on Tuesday. Kejriwal met Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena and submitted his resignation. Atishi, who accompanied Kejriwal, staked a claim to form the next government in Delhi soon after.

Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Imran Hussain will continue in the council of ministers headed by Atishi.

THE Atishi-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi will have a new minister, Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat, the MLA from Sultanpur Majra. Ahlawat incidentally is a former BSP leader who fills the vacancy created in the Delhi government by the resignation and defection of one of its ministers to the BSP.

Atishi will be sworn in as Delhi's Chief Minister, retaining four ministers, while Mukesh Ahlawat is expected to join her cabinet.

Mukesh Ahlawat will fill the vacancy created in the previous Cabinet following the resignation of social welfare minister Raaj Kumar Anand in May

Mukesh Ahlawat, the AAP MLA from Sultanpur Majra, is set to join the new Delhi cabinet led by Atishi. The induction takes place on September 21, following Arvind Kejriwal's resignation.

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) party had initially decided that only Atishi would be sworn in, however, it was later determined that her council of ministers would also take the oath.