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”

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.

Hitting out at Ms. Atishi, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said her gesture was an "insult" to the constitutional rules and the post of Chief Minister

Pointing towards an empty chair placed beside her, she said "this is the Chief Minister’s seat and it will remain empty till Kejriwal becomes CM again." The BJP decried the move, asking Kejriwal if he will "run the government with a remote control".

Newly appointed Delhi CM Atishi appealed to voters to bring back Arvind Kejriwal in the upcoming elections. She accused BJP of framing Kejriwal and st

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.

She did not sit on the chair used by Kejriwal and said that his chair would remain unoccupied in the chief minister's office. She sat on a white chair, which was placed next to Kejriwal's chair.

ABP News reports that Atishi officially took over as the Chief Minister of Delhi on Monday, September 23. Upon her arrival at the secretariat, she noticed two chairs in her office, one of which was notably larger and empty.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi took charge as the eighth chief minister of Delhi on Monday and said she would work like Bharat did by keeping his elder brother Lord Ram's 'khadaun' (wooden slippers) on Ayodhya's throne.