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Atishi Marlena
Portrait of Atishi Marlena
Marlena in 2017
8th Chief Minister of Delhi
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 September 2024
Lieutenant GovernorVinai Kumar Saxena
Preceded byArvind Kejriwal
Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi
In office
9 March 2023 – 17 September 2024
Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal
Ministry and Departments
  • Education
  • Women and Child welfare
  • Culture
  • Tourism
  • Public works Department
Preceded byManish Sisodia
Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 February 2020
Preceded byAvtar Singh
ConstituencyKalkaji
Personal details
Born (1981-06-08) 8 June 1981 (age 43)
Delhi, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
SpousePravin Singh[1]
Residence6, Flagstaff Road, New Delhi
Education
OccupationPolitician
CabinetAtishi Marlena ministry

Atishi Marlena Singh (Hindi: [ɑːtɪʃiː mɑːɾleːnɑː sɪŋɡʱ]; born 8 June 1981),[2] also known as Atishi Singh or Atishi Marlena[3] or mononymously Atishi,[4] is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 8th Chief Minister of Delhi since 21 September 2024, after the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal.[5][6] She belongs to the Aam Aadmi Party and is a member of its Political Affairs Committee, the governing body of the party. Prior to her appointment as the chief minister, she also served as the Minister of Education, P.W.D, Culture and Tourism in the Delhi Government. Previously, she served as advisor to the former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, primarily on education, from July 2015 to 17 April 2018.[7] Atishi is one of only two women currently serving as a chief minister in India, along with Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal.

Early life and education

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Atishi was born to Delhi University professors Vijay Singh and Tripta Wahi on 8 June 1981. Although she comes from a family of Punjabi and Rajput backgrounds, just before the 2019 Indian general election, she dropped 'Singh' from her surname to convince the public to focus on her political initiatives rather than her lineage.[8][9][10][11] She was given the middle name Marlena by her parents. According to her party, the name is a portmanteau of Marx and Lenin.[10]

Atishi was raised in Delhi. She did her schooling at Springdales School, New Delhi.[12] She graduated in history from the St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 2001.[13] She then went to the University of Oxford, and in 2003 she completed her master's degree in history on a Chevening scholarship.[14] In 2005, she went to Magdalen College, Oxford as a Rhodes scholar.[6][15]

Political career

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In January 2013, she became involved in policy formulation for the AAP, which has its roots in that movement.[6]

She was closely involved with the Jal Satyagraha in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh 2015 and provided support to the AAP leader and activist spearheading the campaign Alok Agarwal during the historic protests, as well as during the legal battle that ensued.[16] After the 2020 elections, she was made the AAP's in-charge for its Goa unit.[17]

2019 Lok Sabha Elections

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Atishi was appointed the Lok Sabha in-charge for East Delhi for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.[18] She contested from the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency as an AAP party candidate for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. She lost to BJP's candidate Gautam Gambhir by a margin of 4.77 lakh votes, coming in third.

2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

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She contested in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election from Kalkaji constituency of South Delhi. She defeated Dharambir Singh, a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, by 11,422 votes.[19]

As a Cabinet Minister

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She was inducted into the Delhi Government as a Cabinet Minister, along with Saurabh Bharadwaj after the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Health Minister Satyender Jain.[20]

As a Chief Minister

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See also: Atishi Marlena ministry

On 17 September 2024, she was named as the Chief Minister of Delhi in a meeting of Aam Admi Party MLAs at the residence of Arvind Kejriwal.[21][5] With this, she went on to become the youngest ever CM of Delhi at an age of 43.[22]

Member of Legislative Assembly

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Since 2020, she is an elected member of the 7th Delhi Assembly representing Kalkaji Assembly constituency.

Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly[23]
  • Chairman (2022-23), Public Accounts Committee [24]
  • Member (2022-23), Questions & Reference Committee [25]
  • Member (2022-23), Committee on Women and Child Welfare[25]
  • Member (2022-23), Committee on Ethics[25]
  • Member (2022-23), Committee on Welfare of Minorities[25]
  • Member (2022-23), Standing Committee on Education[25]
  • Member (2022-23), Standing Committee on Health[25]

Governance

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Atishi was also spearheading the flagship Mohalla Sabha Project for the Government of NCT of Delhi. The effort to decentralise governance to empower every citizen was a major promise of the AAP before coming to power.[26]

Electoral performance

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This section is transcluded from Kalkaji Assembly constituency. (edit | history)
Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Kalkaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Atishi Marlena 55,897 52.28 +0.57
BJP Dharambir 44,504 41.63 +8.47
INC Shivani Chopra 4,965 4.64 −8.07
NOTA None of the above 551 0.52 +0.03
BSP Jay Prakash Sharma 551 0.44 −0.02
Majority 11,393 10.65 −7.90
Turnout 1,06,910 57.51 −7.34
AAP hold Swing +0.57
This section is transcluded from East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. (edit | history)
2019 Indian general elections: East Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gautam Gambhir 696,158 55.35 +7.52
INC Arvinder Singh Lovely 3,04,934 24.24 +7.25
AAP Atishi Marlena 2,19,328 17.44 −14.47
NOTA None of the Above 4,920 0.39 −0.03
Majority 3,91,222 31.11 +15.19
Turnout 12,58,195 61.70 −3.69
BJP hold Swing +7.52

Controversies

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On March 15, 2019, Atishi Marlena and three other party leaders were summoned to court in response to a defamation case filed by the Delhi BJP's vice-president, Rajeev Babbar. The case stemmed from their claim that the BJP had removed 30 lakh names from Delhi's voter list.[27] The court found the allegation prima facie defamatory and invoked Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for defamation. The case revolved around allegations of voter list manipulation and its impact on the BJP's reputation.[28]

BJP leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor filed a defamation suite in 2024 against Marlena and Kejriwal over the allegations of poaching.[29]

After being elected CM, Marlena was set to move into the CM's residence, a bungalow on 6, Flagstaff Road, on 7 October 2024.[30] However, on 9 October, the AAP alleged that the BJP had failed to allot the bungalow to her and that they were trying to "usurp" it, showing documentation that Kejriwal had already vacated the bungalow. The BJP responded by claiming that Kejriwal still had the keys to the bungalow and had failed to transfer them to Marlena himself.[31]

References

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  31. ^ "CM Atishi not being allotted Flagstaff Road residence, BJP trying to usurp bungalow: AAP MP". The Hindu. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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