Kailash Gehlot, Delhi’s Transport Minister, stepped down from the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi will now take over the responsibilities of the departments previously managed by Kailash Gehlot. Let us inform you that Kailash Gehlot was in charge of the Transport, Administrative Reforms, Information and Technology, Home, and Women and Child Development Department. Following his resignation, Atishi now bears the responsibility for all of these departments. The Chief Minister has submitted a proposal to the Lieutenant Governor in relation to this matter.
At present, Atishi is in charge of 13 departments. After Kailash Gehlot’s resignation, the level of responsibility on Atishi has heightened in this scenario. On Sunday, Kailash Gehlot surprised the Aam Aadmi Party by unexpectedly resigning from the party’s primary membership and all departments.
He penned a letter to AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal addressing the matter, and further accused both the party and the government. In the letter, Kailash Gehlot claimed that the Delhi Government and the Aam Aadmi Party spend too much time arguing with the Centre instead of being productive. They are constantly caught up in accusations and counter-accusations with the government.
This impacts the progress of the development work. The party has no intention of keeping the promises made to the public. The party continues to squander its time engaging solely in disputes with the Central Government. Public welfare projects are not completed because of inadequate coordination with the Central Government. The facilities that should be available to the public are not accessible to them.
Gehlot also brought up the matter of cleaning Yamuna in the correspondence. He mentioned that even after ten years, our government was unable to fulfill its promise to the public and take any significant action in that direction. The situation of Yamuna in Delhi deteriorated further. Over the course of a decade, pollution has risen rather than decreased. We were unable to keep the commitment we made to the public.