Delhi : Delhi’s outgoing Chief Minister Atishi, who accepted the people’s mandate in the assembly elections on February 8, submitted her resignation to Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Sunday.
Later, the Lt Governor announced the dissolution of the seventh Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT Delhi), according to an official notification released on Sunday.
The notification, dated February 7, stated, “In exercise of the power conferred upon me by sub-section (2)(b) of section 6 of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991, I, Vinai Kumar Saxena, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, hereby dissolve the Seventh Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi with effect from 8th February 2025.”
As the votes for the Delhi assembly elections were being counted on Saturday, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed towards a win, Atishi called it a “setback”, but vowed to continue the party’s struggle against the BJP.
