First Kejriwal ministry

The First Kejriwal cabinet was the Council of Ministers in fifth Delhi Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.^[1]

First Kejriwal ministry
9th Ministry of Delhi
Arvind Kejriwal
Date formed	28 December 2013[1]
Date dissolved	14 February 2014[2]
People and organisations
Head of state	Lt Governor Najeeb Jung[3]
Head of government	Arvind Kejriwal
Member parties	Aam Aadmi Party
Status in legislature	Minority, with outside support of Indian National Congress[4]
History
Election	December 2013
Legislature term	49 days[5]
Predecessor	Third Dikshit ministry
Successor	Second Kejriwal ministry

History

Kejriwal was then sworn in as 7th Chief Minister of Delhi on 28 December, leading the First Kejriwal cabinet, the youngest cabinet in Delhi ever.^[6] M. S. Dhir was elected as the speaker of the legislative assembly on 3 January 2014.^[7]

Amongst its first tasks, the AAP initiated a corruption response mechanism in a "durbar";^{[citation needed]} it also retracted the FDI in multi-brand retail that the previous government had sanctioned. Kejriwal said that though this would give consumers more options it has been shown that it "leads to loss of jobs to a very large extent. There is huge unemployment in Delhi and the AAP government does not wish to increase this unemployment. Delhi is not prepared for FDI."^[8] Yet he added that he was not against FDI by itself but that it needed to occur on a case-by-case basis.^[9]

Government resignation

After 49 days, Kejriwal resigned as a chief minister following the failure of the introduction of Delhi's Jan Lokpal Bill in the assembly on 14 February 2014. President's rule was then imposed and the assembly was kept in suspended animation.^[10] Fresh elections were scheduled for early 2015.

Council of Ministers (28 December 2013 - 14 February 2014)

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chief Minister	Arvind Kejriwal	28 December 2013	14 February 2014		AAP
Education, PWD, Urban Development, Local Bodies, Land & Building	Manish Sisodia	28 December 2013	14 February 2014		AAP
Transport, Food & Supply, Environment, GAD	Saurabh Bhardwaj	28 December 2013	14 February 2014		AAP
Law, Tourism, Administrative Reforms, Art & Culture	Somnath Bharti	28 December 2013	14 February 2014		AAP
Health, Industries	Satyendra Kumar Jain	28 December 2013	14 February 2014		AAP
Women & Child, Social Welfare, Languages	Rakhi Birla	28 December 2013	14 February 2014		AAP
SC & ST, Employment, Development, Labour	Girish Soni	28 December 2013	14 February 2014		AAP