Senior Aam Aadmi Party leaderAtishi on Monday took charge as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi, keeping the chair of her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal besides hers and said it would remain unoccupied until the latter becomes the chief minister again.

Drawing a parallel to Bharat’s rule in Ayodhya, she said she was feeling pained like Bharat when Lord Rama went to exile, and he ruled Ayodhya by keeping the latter’s ‘khadaun'(wooden sandals).

Confident of Kejriwal’s comeback as CM, she expressed faith that the people of Delhi will once again elect him as their leader.

CM Atishi posted on social media handle X, “Today I have taken over the responsibility of the Chief Minister of Delhi. Today I have the same pain in my heart that Lord Bharat had when his elder brother Lord Shri Rama went on a 14-year exile, and Bharat had to take over the governance of Ayodhya. Just like Bharat ruled Ayodhya by keeping Lord Shri Ram’s sandals for 14 years, I will run the government of Delhi for 4 months.”

The CM added that Lord Ram is the ideal for everyone, and Kejriwal also followed his path,served the people of Delhi and followed the decorum by resigning from the post of CM.

She expressed that she was confident that now the people of Delhi will make Kejriwal the CM again by making him victorious with a huge majority in the assembly elections, and till that time, ”this chair of the CM will wait for him”. She added that Kejriwal has set an example of dignity and morality in the politics of this country, and alleged that for the previous two years, BJP has left no stone unturned to malign the AAP chief’s image.

She alleged that the saffron party got false cases filed against Kejriwal, got him arrested and kept him in jail for 6 months.

Atishi further said that when Kejriwal was granted bail by the Supreme Court, the top court said ‘his arrest was made with ill intent’. The Delhi CM said that had it been any other leader, he would not have given a thought before sitting on the CM’s chair, but Kejriwal said that he would not sit on this chair until the people of Delhi show faith in his honesty, and had tendered his resignation.