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Atishi resigns from the Chief Minister’s post (File Image)
Atishi retained Kalkaji seat, defeating her BJP rival and former MP Ramesh Bidhuri by a margin of 3,521 seats. It was a tough fight with Bidhuri leading in the initial rounds of counting.
New Delhi: Atishi resigned from the post of Chief Minister after Aam Aadmi Party suffered a humiliating defeat in Delhi Assembly Elections 2025. Atishi on Sunday submitted her resignation to LG VK Saxena at Raj Niwas.
Atishi took over as the chief minister of Delhi after AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal resigned in the run-up to the state assembly elections. On September 21, 2024, Atishi took oath as the eighth and youngest chief minister of Delhi at 43 — the third woman to hold the position. After assuming office, Atishi said kept the chair empty “waiting for him.”
As the Delhi Assembly poll results trickled in and AAP’s big guns including Kejriwal lost one by one, Atishi was among the few party leaders who held their own and will now raise the party’s voice in the BJP-majority assembly.
Atishi retained Kalkaji seat, defeating her BJP rival and former MP Ramesh Bidhuri by a margin of 3,521 seats. It was a tough fight with Bidhuri leading in the initial rounds of counting.
The election campaign for Kalkaji saw a series of bitter exchanges between the two. Bidhuri’s remarks targeting Atishi over her decision to change her surname from “Marlena” to “Singh” stirred a controversy.
While responding to Bidhuri, Atishi broke down at a press conference and accused him of seeking votes by “abusing” her elderly father.
