Optics of Atishi’s gesture apart, political experts also sense it as a way to maintain power balance and harmony in the Delhi AAP leadership.

While BJP's campaign in Delhi polls would focus on alleged corruption cloud over AAP top brass, AAP is making it a referendum on Kejriwal's “honesty”

AAP leader Atishi has assumed the role of Chief Minister of Delhi, keeping the chair of her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal vacant as a symbolic gesture. She likened her situation to Bharat from the Ramayana,

AAP leader Atishi was sworn in as Delhi's eighth chief minister, retaining 13 key portfolios including education, finance, and power. The new Cabinet, which includes familiar faces like Saurabh Bharadwaj and Kailash Gahlot,

ABP News reports that Atishi has officially assumed the role of Chief Minister of Delhi on Monday, September 23. Upon arriving at the secretariat, she noticed two chairs placed in her office, one of which was notably larger and empty.

AAP leader Atishi officially took charge as the Chief Minister of Delhi on Monday. However, in a grand gesture for ex-CM Arvind Kejriwal, she placed an empty chair next to hers.

AAP leader Atishi, who took the oath of office on Saturday, took charge as the eighth chief minister of Delhi on Monday.

Atishi, who took charge as the eighth chief minister of Delhi on Monday, said she would serve as Delhi's chief minister for four months like Ramayana's Bharat who ruled Ayodhya in the absence of his elder brother Lord Ram by placing his 'khadaun' (wooden slippers) on the throne.

Delhi's new chief minister Atishi faced criticism from BJP and Congress for leaving Arvind Kejriwal's chair empty as a symbolic gesture. Opposition leaders condemned this act as an insult to constitutional norms.

AAP leader Atishi took charge as the chief minister of Delhi on Monday, and kept the chair used by her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal empty and "waiting for him", a move the BJP and the Congress said was a "grave insult" to the post.