Kejriwal meets Rajnath

February 11, 2015 04:19 pm | Updated 06:00 pm IST - NEW DELHI:

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh hugs Delhi Chief Minister- designate Arvind Kejriwal as Manish Sisodia looks on at a meeting at the Minister's residence in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh hugs Delhi Chief Minister- designate Arvind Kejriwal as Manish Sisodia looks on at a meeting at the Minister's residence in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal and his close associate Manish Sisodia met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here on Wednesday.

After the meeting, Mr. Sisodia told reporters that they invited the Home Minister for swearing-in ceremony which would be held at Ramlila ground here on Saturday. He said that Home Minister assured them of full cooperation.

 Mr. Kejriwal is also scheduled to call on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) swept the assembly polls in Delhi on Tuesday, bagging 67 of the 70 seats. Mr. Kejriwal who had quit as Delhi chief minister after a stint of 49 days in February last year will take oath on the same day this year after his party's landslide victory in the polls.

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