New Delhi: Leader of Aam Aadmi Party's and Delhi's Chief Minister designate Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday sent the list of party MLAs, to be sworn in as ministers, to the Lt. Governor Shri Najeeb Jung. This list includes:
1. Manish Sisodia: He is a well known activist who came to prominance during the Jan Lokpal agitation. Manish Sisodia was a prominent journalist and was associated with Zee News and All India Radio for a long time. He quit journalism to participate in the agitation for Right To Information. He was a key member of the team that laid the foundation of the Jan Lokpal Andolan. Sisodia sat on fast for 10 days demanding setting up of an SIT to probe cases against corrupt union ministers. Sisodia was also sent to Jail with Anna Hazare during anti-graft agitation.
2. Somnath Bharti: He is a post graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology and a lawyer by profession. When police implicated innocent activists in false cases during protests that broke out after infamous Delhi Gang Rape Case, Shri Bharti contested their case and secured justice for them. He has been President and Secretary of the IIT Alumni.
3. Satyendra Kumar Jain: He is an architect by profession. He was working with the CPWD. He quit due to prevailing corruption in department. Jain actively participated in the Jan Lokpal agitation. He is a well known social worker. He helped Chitrakoot based social organization Drishti, working for visually impaired girls, with construction of orgaization's building. He is also associated with social organization Sparsh, which works for mentally challenged children. He also organizes mass marriages for poor girls.
4. Rakhi Birla: She was a journalist with a private news channel before joining Aam Aadmi Party. She has been associated with many social organizations and has been fighting tirelessly for the cause of the Dalits.
5. Saurabh Bhardwaj: He was an engineer by profession. An incident of rape with with a poor minor girl changed his outlook. He fought a long drawn legal battle to secure justice for the poor rape survivour. After his fight for the girl, Bhardwaj became a lawyer to provide legal help to such victims. He has been fighting for the cause of visually impaired, poor students, flood victims and senior citizens.
6. Girish Soni: He is a well known crusader for the cause of the Aam Aadmi. He tirelessly participated in Bijli Pani Andolan of the Aam Aadmi Party.
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