Kejriwal to launch app for volunteers to connect with him

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal will launch a mobile application named after his initials “AK” on October 16, the party’s Delhi convener Gopal Rai said on Tuesday.

“The AK app will allow AAP volunteers across the country to connect directly with Arvind Kejriwal. The chief minister himself will elaborate on the features of the mobile application when he inaugurates it on October 16, the day when he begins chairing meetings with party workers across all 14 districts in Delhi,” said Rai at a press conference at the party’s head office in central Delhi.

For its election campaign, AAP has created 14 districts in the city, with two districts within each Lok Sabha segment. Between October 16 and 24, Kejriwal will address a series of meetings with party workers, Rai said. He said Kejriwal will chair meetings in all 14 districts and each such meeting is expected to be attended by at least 1,000 volunteers. NEW DELHI: Satya Gopal, an IAS officer of the 1988 batch, was on Tuesday appointed the additional chief secretary in charge of the Delhi government home department.

Gopal will also be in charge of the land and building department. Gopal replaces Renu Sharma, who remains the additional chief secretary in charge of finance and planning departments. Sharma belongs to the same batch.

Gopal, who has served as the chief secretary of Arunachal Pradesh, was transferred to Delhi in July this year. Around the same time, speculation was rife that Gopal would be appointed the new chairman of the New Delhi Municipal Council.

On Tuesday, Delhi’s lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal nominated him to the new position and the services department issued an order, which HT has seen.