Sheila Dikshit to take oath as Kerala Governor tomorrow

Dikshit, 75, would be administered the oath by Kerala High Court Chief Justice Dr Manjula Chellur. She is expected to leave for Trivandrum on Monday.

Dikshit will succeed Nikhil Kumar, a former Commissioner of Delhi Police. As she heads to Kerala, she will be accompanied by her family members and a number of former ministers and sitting and former Congress MLAs.

Dikshit was appointed Governor of Kerala on March 4, within three months of her defeat in the recent Delhi Assembly polls. She was appointed to the post following Kumar's resignation.

In the Delhi Assembly elections in December last year, Dikshit suffered an ignominious defeat by more than 22,000 votes at the hands of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal in her New Delhi seat.

Kejriwal, who succeeded Dikshit as chief minister, has since resigned over the Jan Lokpal Bill issue.

The Congress came a poor third in the polls, bagging eight seats in a House of 70.

Dikshit served as the Delhi Chief Minister from 1998 to 2013. She has also represented the Kannauj Parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh between 1984 and 1989.

(Agencies)

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CWG scam: Kejriwal moves files, FIR likely against Sheila Dikshit

The government has particularly asked ACB to probe the alleged irregularities in street light projects in which the Prime Minister-appointed Shunglu Committee had questioned certain decisions made by Dikshit.
   
"We will ensure thorough investigation of all cases of corruption in CWG projects," Law Minister Somnath Bharti said when he was asked about the government’s decision.
   
He said that ACB has been told to examine all cases of irregularities but maintained that the probe will not target ‘any particular individual’.
   
"The probe is not being carried out to target any individual. We will ensure a free and fair probe," he said.
   
The Shunglu Committee had found procedural violations by then Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna and Dikshit for alleged inadequacies in executing certain projects related to 2010 Commonwealth Games.
   
Dikshit had trashed the findings of the report and had sent a point-by-point rebuttal to the Centre.
   
After assuming charges, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced that his government will investigate all corruption cases, particularly the CWG scam.
   
In the 70-member Delhi Assembly, eight Congress MLAs are giving outside support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government which currently has 27 MLAs after expulsion of rebel legislator Vinod Kumar Binny.

The government has also been given outside support by a Janata Dal (United) MLA and an Independent.

(Agencies)

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