KEJRIWAL RETAINS HIS TEAM
Manish Sisodia, 48:
Born in UP’S Hapur district, Sisodia started his career as a journalist. Sisodia later participated in the agitation for Right to Information. A three-time legislator, Sisodia won from Patparganj defeating BJP candidate Ravinder Singh Negi. He was deputy CM and held portfolios of education, finance, planning, vigilance and services. He is credited with the transformation of Delhi government schools.
Satyendar Jain, 55:
Born in UP’S Baghpat, Jain lived in Northwest Delhi’s Saraswati Vihar for most part of his life. Jain joined CPWD as an architect and later set up an architectural consultancy firm. In the
2015 AAP government, Jain was the minister of health, industries, power, public works department, home and urban development. Mohalla clinic expansion and augmentation of hospital facilities were his top priorities.
Gopal Rai, 44:
Gopal Rai has a postgraduate degree in Sociology. As a student leader in Lucknow University, he was part of several campaigns against corruption and crime, during which he was once shot, paralysing him partially. In the past 5 years, Rai was the minister of rural development, general administration department, irrigation & flood control and labour. He is credited with raising the minimum wage in Delhi.
Kailash Gahlot, 45:
Gahlot pursued BA (Hons) in political science from the Venkateswara College of Delhi University. He practised law in the Delhi High Court for 18 years until he became a minister in the Arvind Kejriwal Cabinet in 2017. He held key portfolios such as transport, revenue, environment. He is credited with expediting procurement of 4,300 buses in Delhi, which were embroiled in several court cases.
Imran Hussain, 38:
Hussain is from the Walled City area. He studied in Daryaganj and has a bachelor’s degree in Business Studies from Jamia Millia Islamia. He made his electoral debut in 2015 and won from Ballimaran. He was minister of food and civil supplies and the environment. He directed agencies to crack down on burning of garbage and leaves in the open. He also banned the movement of trucks during peak hours.
Rajendra Pal Gautam, 51:
Although a lawyer, Gautam prefers to call himself a social worker. He joined the AAP in November, 2014 and then became the MLA from Seemapuri in the 2015 assembly elections. Within just 24 hours of taking charge as the minister in 2017, Gautam was applauded for his decision of widening the scope of the development works that can be undertaken by MLAS using the SC/ST welfare fund.