Atishi elected leader of Opposition in AAP meet

The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) legislature group on Sunday elected former Delhi chief minister and Kalkaji legislator Atishi the leader of the Opposition in a meeting at the party headquarters on Sunday, AAP Delhi convener Gopal Rai said, after a meeting of the 22 AAP MLAs and national convener Arvind Kejriwal.

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NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta in a press conference on Sunday alleged that the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government has left an empty public exchequer for the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. However, she assured the speedy implementation of ₹2,500 monthly financial aid for women "with detailed planning".

"The condition which the (AAP) government has left for us... when we sat with officers to review the financial status of the current government, we found that the government exchequer is empty," she said responding to a question about the preparation to implement the scheme.

In response, the AAP said that a "fiscally strong government" was handed over to the BJP and they were only making excuses.

CM Gupta on Sunday attended the legislature group meeting along with other BJP MLAs at the state party office ahead of the first session of the newly constituted assembly. She said "several phases of meetings have been held with the officers over the implementation of the Mahila Samriddhi Yojana".

Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva, also present in the press briefing, said that the BJP's agenda is to make Delhi a developed Capital.