New Delhi, Feb 15 : A multi-level security arrangement will be in place on Sunday for the oath-taking ceremony of chief minister-elect Arvind Kejriwal at the Ramlila Maidan here, officials said.
The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 am and traffic regulations will be in place in the area from 8 am to 2 pm, they said.
The officials said 2,000 to 3,000 personnel from the Delhi Police and paramilitary forces, including the CRPF, will be deployed as part of the security arrangements.
Drones are likely to be used for surveillance.
Only one reporter and one camera person from every organisation will be allowed to cover the event, according to officials.
Police had issued a traffic advisory on Friday regarding the restrictions.
Roads leading to the Ramlila Maidan will be under CCTV surveillance, the officials said.
Door frame metal detectors and baggage scanners will also be installed in and around the ground. Kejriwal will be sworn in as the chief minister of Delhi on February 16 for the third time. He has taken oath as chief minister twice before at the same venue.
On Sunday, cars will have to be parked at the Civic Centre and behind it. Buses will be parked on Mata Sundri Road, Power House Road, Velodrome Road, Rajghat parking, Shanti Van parking and service roads in Rajghat and Samta Sthal as per requirements, according to the advisory.
OB vans will be parked on the footpath along JLN Marg, opposite Ramlila Maidan and beyond gate number 2 up to the roundabout near Kamla Market, it stated.
No commercial vehicles will be allowed from Rajghat Chowk and Delhi Gate Chowk towards Guru Nanak Dev Chowk via JLN Marg, Chatta Rail towards Delhi Gate Chowk via Netaji Subhash Marg, Paharganj Chowk towards Ajmeri Gate via Desh Bandu Gupta Road, Ram Charan Aggarwal Chowk towards Delhi Gate Chowk via Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, DDU Minto Road towards Kamla Market Chowk via Vivekanand Marg and Barakhamba, Tolstoy Road towards Ranjit Singh flyover, the advisory said.
The Aam Aadmi Party swept the Delhi assembly polls, held last week, bagging 62 out of 70 seats.
Kejriwal calls Cabinet ministers for dinner ahead of swearing in; to discuss devp roadmap
New Delhi, Feb 15 : A day ahead of taking oath as the Delhi chief minister for the third time, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has called a dinner meeting of his Cabinet ministers to discuss a roadmap for Delhi’s development.
According to party functionaries, Kejriwal will discuss with his ministers initiatives that need to be prioritised and action items for Delhi government in the coming three months.
The meeting will also focus on developing a roadmap to make Delhi a global city, they said.
Kejriwal will take oath as Delhi chief minister along with his cabinet at 10 am on Sunday.
The AAP won 62 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged the remaining eight seats. The Congress drew a blank for the second consecutive time.
Oath-taking ceremony: Gupta writes to Kejriwal over directorate of education circular
New Delhi, Feb 15 : Newly-elected BJP MLA Vijender Gupta wrote to AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday requesting him for withdrawing a circular that made it “compulsory” for government school teachers to attend his oath-taking ceremony as Delhi chief minister.
Gupta, leader of Opposition in the previous assembly, called the Friday’s circular “dictatorial” that shattered his belief that Kejriwal’s focus after coming back to power would be on governance and strengthening democratic ethos.
“By virtue of the order, 15,000 teachers and officials will have to attend the oath ceremony,” Gupta wrote in his letter to Kejriwal.
Gupta, who has been re-elected from Rohini constituency, said he would attend Kejriwal’s oath-taking ceremony at the Ramlila ground on Sunday.
Reacting to Gupta’s objection, the vice chairman of Delhi Dialogue and Development Commission, Jasmine Shah, said teachers and principals were “architects” of Delhi’s transformation in the past five years and they “deserved to be invited” for the swearing-in ceremony.
“When did BJP last think of teachers in at the centre of your ‘vikas’ (development) model? Never did, never will,” Shah teeeted.
The AAP returned to power after winning 62 of the 70 Assembly seats in the Delhi assembly election.
Kejriwal and his cabinet members will take oath in a grand ceremony on Sunday. PTI VIT
