Come, bless your son: Kejriwal to Delhiites

February 16, 2020 11:21

Just hours before his swearing-in ceremony as chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal invited the people of Delhi again for the mega event at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday.

Referring himself as "son of Delhi", the AAP convener early on Sunday morning tweeted stating, "Delhiites, your son is going to take oath as Delhi chief minister for the third time. You must come to bless your son".

The AAP national convener will be sworn-in as the chief minister of Delhi for the third time in a row.

Kejriwal is scheduled to take oath along with other ministers at a grand ceremony at the Ramlila Maidan.

On Saturday, Kejriwal, through a tweet, has said that autorickshaw drivers, students, teachers, doctors, labourers etc will be the "chief guests".

The guest list put out by the AAP includes 'Delhi ke Nirmata'-- people who contributed to the development of the city during the last five years.

These include Sumit Nagal, a Delhi government school student and an international Tennis player, Laxman Chaudhry an auto driver, Manu Gulati a teacher and "one of the many architects of Delhi Governance Model", Dalbir Singh a farmer, Ratan Jamshed Batliboi, the architect of the famous Signature Bridge among others. -- ANI

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