Rajendra Pal Gautam's resignation went to the President, now his name came forward for the post of minister

The Kejriwal government has sent the resignation of Delhi government minister Rajendra Pal Gautam to LG V.K. At the same time, according to the information received from the sources, the Lieutenant Governor has forwarded it for the approval of the President. Sources in the Lt Governor's office said that Gautam's resignation has been received and it has been sent for the President's approval. As a minister, Gautam had the responsibility of social welfare, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe department. He is the MLA from Seemapuri. Gautam had resigned from his post on Sunday itself.

Gautam had said that he was resigning from the post of minister so that because of him, his leader Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party would not face any problem. Gautam's successor will also be from the Dalit community. Ambedkar Nagar MLA Ajay Dutt, Kondli MLA Kuldeep Kumar and Karol Bagh MLA Vishesh Ravi are the frontrunners for the post. In fact, Rajendra Pal Gautam had resigned from his post on Sunday amid a controversy over his attendance at the conversion program. The program allegedly condemned Hindu deities. The BJP has used the issue to attack AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal during the election campaign in Gujarat and accused him of being 'anti-Hindu'.

Gautam shared his resignation on Twitter. The resignation, shared on Twitter, said that he personally attended the event on October 5 and had nothing to do with his party or his being a minister. Taking a dig at the BJP for targeting Kejriwal and AAP, he alleged that the BJP was doing "dirty politics" on the issue. Gautam said that he is resigning from the post of minister so that his leader Kejriwal and AAP will not face any problem because of him.