New Delhi: The Oath Taking Ceremony of Delhi’s CM Designate Arvind Kejriwal would be held at Ramlila Maidan of New Delhi on December 28, as per sources. This would be in sharp contrast to earlier ceremonies which took place at Governor’s House.
With the Support of Congress declared and the announcement of Government formation on December 23, the Swearing-In Ceremony was delayed for a day as December 25 is a public holiday. December 26 happens to be special for Aam Aadmi Party as it was formed exactly 1 year 1 Month back on November 26, 2012.
While there is no doubt over the Choice of Chief Minister as Arvind Kejriwal, the selection of council of ministers and their portfolios would be a tough task  for AAP, keeping in mind the inexperience of all of its MLAs.
The cabinet ministers to take oath along with Kejriwal are Manish Sisodia, Rakhi Birla, Somnath Bharti, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Girish Soni and Satendra Jain.
Ramlila Maidan was chosen as the venue because it was from here, Â where Anna Hazare along with Kejriwal and others started the anti-graft movement in 2011.
The Council of Minister would take Oath from historic Ramlila Maidan. The Swearing-In Ceremony is likely to be Live Streamed on the Youtube Channel of AAP.
Sources in AAP said Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi, Santosh Hegde and all those associated with the anti-corruption movement will be invited to the swearing-in ceremony.
Meanwhile,  Arvind Kejriwal, today met DM Spolia the chief secretary of New Delhi to discuss government formation. DM Spolia was invited to Kejriwal’s Residence at Vaishali.
AAP won the Delhi Assembly Elections with several popularist schemes in its manifesto.  It promised in its manifesto that it will send the city’s corrupt lawmakers to jail within one year. Every family in Delhi will get up to 700 litres water free every day. Electricity prices will be halved, partly by cracking down on falsely inflated bills. It would be interesting to see, how the Party intends to fulfill its manifesto.
After initial reluctance to form the Government, AAP decided in favour of it after doing several rounds of opinion polls and surveys. According to the Party,  697310 responses were received via SMS and internet, out of which, after removing duplicate IDs and numbers, a total of 523183 people expressed their opinions. Among these, 265966 were from Delhi. Out of these 197086 or 74% gave their decision in favor of forming a government
(NOTE: This article has been updated upon the announcement by Aam Aadmi Party on December 25)