Delhi Politics: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who came out of jail after getting bail from the Supreme Court after about six months in the Delhi Excise Policy case, has announced his resignation. There is currently a stir in Delhi politics around this announcement.
Addressing the workers of Aam Aadmi Party, Kejriwal also said that ‘I am going to resign from the post of Chief Minister after two days, until the public elects me and sends me to the seat again, I will not sit on the Chief Minister’s chair.’
Now the question arising in everyone’s mind is who will be the next Chief Minister of Delhi after Arvind Kejriwal? At present, the suspense remains on this question.
On the other hand, approximately five prominent AAP leaders are currently leading the race for the Chief Minister (CM) position. According to media reports, it has also come to light that who will play a role in the election of the new CM.
Are these names included in the race for Delhi CM?
Atishi
Saurabh Bhardwaj
Raghav Chadha
Gopal Rai
Kailash Gehlot
Sunita Kejriwal
Amidst the announcement of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation, let us tell you how much salary the Delhi CM gets. Let us tell you that the country has a total of 28 states and 8 union territories. Each state sets its own salary for the Chief Minister. The Legislative Assembly of that state determines the Chief Minister’s salary. The salary increases every 10 years.
The CM of any state not only gets salary as Chief Minister, but also receives salary as members of the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council. The state legislature has also set allowances and salaries for the Chief Minister.
This means that the salary of the CM of all the states includes dearness allowance and other allowances. Also, the Chief Minister gets free accommodation, travel allowance, medical facilities etc. Apart from this, car and security are also provided to him by the government.
According to the information provided on delhiassembly.delhi.gov.in, Delhi CM receives 3 lakh 90 thousand rupees as salary every month.