7th Delhi Assembly explained

7th Delhi Assembly
Before:	6th Delhi Assembly
After:	8th Delhi Assembly
Body:	Delhi Legislative Assembly
Election:	2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
Government:	Atishi ministry
Term Start:	16 February 2020
Term End:	Present
Chamber1:	Sovereign
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	Lieutenant Governor
Chamber1 Leader1:	Vinai Kumar Saxena
Chamber2:	House of the State
Chamber2 Image Size:	350px
Membership2:	70
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:	Speaker of the House
Chamber2 Leader1:	Ram Niwas Goel
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:	Deputy Speaker of the House
Chamber2 Leader2:	Rakhi Birla
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:	Leader of the House
Chamber2 Leader3:	Atishi Marlena
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:	Chief Minister
Chamber2 Leader4:	Atishi Marlena
Chamber2 Leader5:	Matia Chowdhury
Chamber2 Leader6 Type:	Leader of the Opposition
Chamber2 Leader6:	Vijender Gupta
Chamber2 Leader7 Type:	Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Chamber2 Leader7:	Om Prakash Sharma
Session1 Start:	16 February 2020
Session1 End:	present

The Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 16 February 2020 after the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier on 8 February 2020 and the results were announced on 11 February 2020.^[1] It is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi.

History

Election and government formation

Elections for 70 assembly seats in Delhi were concluded on 8 February 2020 and results were announced on 11 February 2020. The Aam Aadmi Party emerged as a single largest party by winning 62 out of 70 seats with a landslide victory.^{[2] [3]}

The Third Kejriwal ministry was sworn into office after election.

In August 2022 a floor majority test was scheduled in the assembly.^[4] Delhi Chief Minister conducted a floor test in the Delhi Assembly to prove that the AAP government enjoyed the majority and BJP's Operation Lotus had failed to poach AAP MLAs.^[5]

Office bearers

Office	Holder	Since
Speaker	Ram Niwas Goel	14 February 2015
Deputy Speaker	Rakhi Birla	10 June 2016
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Atishi Marlena Singh	17 September 2024
Deputy Chief Minister	Vacant^[6]	28 February 2023
Leader of Opposition	Vijender Gupta	5 August 2024

Committees

Party Affiliation

1	Business Advisory Committee	Ram Niwas Goel
2	Committee of Privileges	Somnath Bharti
3	Committee on Delegated Legislation	Pramila Tokas
4	Committee on Environment	Mahinder Yadav
5	Committee on Estimates	Rajesh Gupta
6	Committee on Ethics	Sanjeev Jha
7	Committee on Government Assurances	Bhavna Gaur
8	Committee on Government Undertakings	Jarnail Singh
9	Committee on Issues Related to Unauthorized Colonies	Naresh Balyan
10	Committee on Municipal Corporations in Delhi	Som Dutt
11	Committee on Papers Laid on the Table	Om Prakash Sharma
12	Committee on Peace and Harmony	Vinay Mishra
13	Committee on Petitions	Akhilesh Pati Tripathi
14	Committee on Private Members' Bills & Resolutions	Ram Niwas Goel
15	Committee on Salary and Other Allowances of MLAs	Sharad Chauhan
16	Committee on Welfare of Minorities	Abdul Rehman
17	Committee on Welfare of OBCs	Naresh Yadav
18	Committee on Welfare of SC/STs	Vishesh Ravi
19	Committee on Welfare of Students and Youth	Prakash Jarwal
20	Committee on Women and Child Welfare	Bandana Kumari
21	General Purposes Committee	Ram Niwas Goel
22	House Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour by Government Officers with MLAs	Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat
23	Library Committee	Ajay Mahawar
24	Public Accounts Committee	Atishi
25	Questions & Reference Committee	Rakhi Birla
26	Rules Committee	Ram Niwas Goel

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Remarks
North Delhi	1	Narela	Sharad Chauhan
Central Delhi	2	Burari	Sanjeev Jha
	3	Timarpur	Dilip Pandey
North Delhi	4	Adarsh Nagar	Pawan Kumar Sharma
	5	Badli	Ajesh Yadav
North West Delhi	6	Rithala	Mohinder Goyal
North Delhi	7	Bawana (SC)	Jai Bhagwan
North West Delhi	8	Mundka	Dharampal Lakra
	9	Kirari	Rituraj Govind
	10	Sultan Pur Majra (SC)	Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat		Cabinet Minister
West Delhi	11	Nangloi Jat	Raghuvinder Shokeen		Cabinet Minister
North West Delhi	12	Mangol Puri (SC)	Rakhi Birla		Deputy Speaker
North Delhi	13	Rohini	Vijender Gupta
North West Delhi	14	Shalimar Bagh	Bandana Kumari
North Delhi	15	Shakur Basti	Satyendra Kumar Jain
North West Delhi	16	Tri Nagar	Preeti Tomar
North Delhi	17	Wazirpur	Rajesh Gupta
	18	Model Town	Akhilesh Pati Tripathi
Central Delhi	19	Sadar Bazar	Som Dutt
	20	Chandni Chowk	Parlad Singh Sawhney
	21	Matia Mahal	Shoaib Iqbal
	22	Ballimaran	Imran Hussain		Cabinet Minister
	23	Karol Bagh (SC)	Vishesh Ravi
New Delhi	24	Patel Nagar (SC)	Raaj Kumar Anand		Resigned on 10 April 2024 and joined the BJP^[7]
			Colspan=6 style="text-align:center;	Vacant
West Delhi	25	Moti Nagar	Shiv Charan Goel
	26	Madipur (SC)	Girish Soni
	27	Rajouri Garden	Dhanwati Chandela
	28	Hari Nagar	Raj Kumari Dhillon
	29	Tilak Nagar	Jarnail Singh
	30	Janakpuri	Rajesh Rishi
South West Delhi	31	Vikaspuri	Mahinder Yadav
	32	Uttam Nagar	Naresh Balyan
	33	Dwarka	Vinay Mishra
	34	Matiala	Gulab Singh
	35	Najafgarh	Kailash Gahlot		Resigned on 17 November 2024
			Colspan=6 style="text-align:center;	Vacant
	36	Bijwasan	Bhupinder Singh Joon
	37	Palam
New Delhi	38	Delhi Cantonment	Virender Singh Kadian
	39	Rajinder Nagar	Raghav Chadha		Resigned on 24 March 2022^[8]
			Durgesh Pathak	Won in 2022 bypoll necessitated after resignation by Raghav Chadha
	40	New Delhi	Arvind Kejriwal
South East Delhi	41	Jangpura	Praveen Kumar
	42	Kasturba Nagar	Madan Lal
South Delhi	43	Malviya Nagar	Somnath Bharti
New Delhi	44	R K Puram	Pramila Tokas
South Delhi	45	Mehrauli
	46	Chhatarpur	Kartar Singh Tanwar		Switched to BJP disqualifed on 24 September 2024^[9]
			Colspan=6 style="text-align:center;	Vacant
	47	Deoli (SC)	Prakash Jarwal
	48	Ambedkar Nagar (SC)	Ajay Dutt
South East Delhi	49	Sangam Vihar	Dinesh Mohaniya
New Delhi	50	Greater Kailash	Saurabh Bharadwaj		Cabinet Minister
South East Delhi	51	Kalkaji	Atishi		Chief Minister
	52	Tughlakabad	Sahi Ram
	53	Badarpur	Ramvir Singh Bidhuri		Elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
			Colspan=6 style="text-align:center;	Vacant
	54	Okhla	Amanatullah Khan
East Delhi	55	Trilokpuri (SC)	Rohit Kumar Mehraulia
	56	Kondli (SC)	Kuldeep Kumar
	57	Patparganj	Manish Sisodia
	58	Laxmi Nagar	Abhay Verma
Shahdara	59	Vishwas Nagar	Om Prakash Sharma
East Delhi	60	Krishna Nagar	S.K Bagga
	61	Gandhi Nagar	Anil Kumar Bajpai
Shahdara	62	Shahdara	Ram Niwas Goel		Speaker
	63	Seemapuri (SC)	Rajendra Pal Gautam		Switched to INC and resigned
			Colspan=6 style="text-align:center;	Vacant
	64	Rohtas Nagar	Jitender Mahajan
North East Delhi	65	Seelampur	Abdul Rehman
	66	Ghonda	Ajay Mahawar
Shahdara	67	Babarpur	Gopal Rai		Cabinet Minister
North East Delhi	68	Gokalpur (SC)	Surendra Kumar
	69	Mustafabad	Haji Yunus
	70	Karawal Nagar	Mohan Singh Bisht

Budget

On 26 March 2022, a budget of 75 thousand 800 crore rupees was presented in the Delhi Assembly by the Finance minister Manish Sisodia. AAP leaders expected that the budget would create employment for 20 lakh people in Delhi, in the upcoming five years.^[10]

House Committees (2022–2023)

Delhi Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory Of Delhi Composition Of House Committees

Financial committees

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House committees

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Department Related Standing Committees

I Standing Committee on Administrative Matters

(Administrative Reforms; Services; Vigilance; Dte. Of Training (UTCS);Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board; General Administration Department;Law, Justice & Legislative Affairs; Information Technology)

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II Standing Committee on Education : (Education; Higher Education; Training & Technical Education; Art, Culture and Language; Sports)

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III Standing Committee on Welfare : (Social Welfare; Labour; Food And Supplies; Employment; Home)

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IV Standing Committee on Health : (Medical and Public Health; Family Welfare; Directorate of Health Services; Food Safety)

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V Standing Committee on Development : (Development; Rural Development; Urban Development; Agricultural Marketing; Revenue; Land and Building; Industries)

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VI Standing Committee on Public Utilities and Civic Amenities : (Public Works Department; Power; Delhi Jal Board; Irrigation and Flood Control)

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VII Standing Committee on Finance and Transport :(Finance; Trade And Taxes; Excise & Luxury Taxes; Planning; Transport; Tourism; Departments not allotted to other Committees)

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Notes and References

1. News: Lt Governor Anil Baijal dissolves Delhi Legislative Assembly. 2020-02-11. The Economic Times. 2020-02-11.
2. Web site: Election Commission of India. results.eci.gov.in. 2020-02-11. 12 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200212205551/http://results.eci.gov.in/DELHITRENDS2020/partywiseresult-U05.htm. dead.
3. News: Arvind Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi CM on February 16: Manish Sisodia. 12 February 2020. PTI. The Times of India. en. 2020-02-12.
4. News: Arvind Kejriwal On Majority Test: "To Show (BJP's) Op Lotus Failed" . 29 August 2022 . NDTV.com.
5. News: Why Arvind Kejriwal Needed A Floor Test In Delhi Assembly To Prove Majority Of His Government . 4 September 2022 . www.outlookindia.com/ . 29 August 2022 . en.
6. Web site: 2023-02-28 . Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain resign from Delhi Cabinet . 2023-04-27 . Deccan Herald . en.
7. News: 2024-04-10 . Raaj Kumar Anand resigns from Delhi cabinet, quits AAP; 'he was scared', says Saurabh Bharadwaj . 2024-04-11 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
8. Web site: 2022-03-24 . Raghav Chadha resigns as AAP MLA ahead of Rajya Sabha inning . 2022-09-19 . Hindustan Times . en.
9. News: 2024-09-24 . Kartar Tanwar loses Delhi Assembly membership for switching from AAP to BJP. 2024-09-24 . Deccan Herald .
10. News: Delhi Assembly discusses Annual Budget 2022-23 . 28 March 2022 . newsonair.gov.in . 28 March 2022.

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