Chief Minister-designate Atishi will be sworn in along with her new Council of Ministers during a ceremony at the Raj Niwas on Saturday afternoon that will see AAP form the government in Delhi for the fourth time in a row.

Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal picked Delhi minister Atishi to replace him as chief minister of the capital territory on Tuesday, allowing him to focus on winning a fresh mandate in elections due next year after getting bail in a graft case.

Officials at the lieutenant governor's office said President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Atishi as CM of Delhi from the date of her being sworn in and has also accepted Arvind Kejriwal's resignation

Atishi, one of the opposition AAP party’s most experienced figures, has served as Delhi’s minister for education, finance, revenues and law

The oath-taking ceremony for Delhi's new Chief Minister, Atishi, is set for 4:30 PM on Saturday at the Raj Niwas. This announcement follows some confusion, as Atishi and other ministers had not received the swearing-in timing from the Lieutenant Governor's office.

Chief Minister-designate Atishi will be sworn in along with her new Council of Ministers during a ceremony at the Raj Niwas on Saturday afternoon that will see AAP form the government in Delhi for the

The swearing-in follows Kejriwal's resignation on September 17, a decision he made amid ongoing controversy and accusations of corruption, which he attributed to political "mudslinging" by the Bharati

Mayawati became the first Dalit woman to hold the post, meanwhile, Syeda Anwara Taimur was the first Muslim woman

Days after Kejriwal stepped down, Atishi will take oath as the Delhi CM today, at Raj Niwas. (X/@atishi) Delhi New CM Atishi Oath cerem