NEW DELHI: Atishi is set to become the third woman chief minister of Delhi, following Sushma Swaraj from the BJP and Sheila Dikshit from the Congress.
Swaraj’s term was brief, lasting only 52 days from October 13 to December 3, 1998, while Dikshit held office for three consecutive terms from December 1998 to December 2013, making her the longest-serving CM.
Among these three, Atishi will be the youngest. Dikshit was 60 when she became CM, and Swaraj was 46. However, Atishi will be the second youngest CM in Delhi’s history, after Brahm Prakash, the city’s first chief minister, who was nearly 34.
Here’s all you need to know about Delhi’s new chief minister:
Activist, Adviser, minister & now chief minister
- Atishi, born in June 1981 to Delhi University professors Vijay Kumar Singh and Tripta Wahi.
- She completed her schooling at Springdales School, Delhi.
- She graduated with a history degree from St. Stephen’s College and later earned two master’s degrees—one in history from Oxford University and another in educational research as a Rhodes Scholar.
She is an intelligent human being with great values that I have seen since the beginning. Last she came to meet me when I was the principal of Springdales and she had won a book award for reading. She was a bright student in school and through the years, I have seen that she is taking forward the ideas and values she inculcated during her schooling years. Her commitment to nurturing Delhi’s children is commendable, and I hope she continues to lead with the same sensitivity and inclusiveness
Ameeta Mulla Wattal, former principal of Springdales School, Pusa Road.
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