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NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister Shiela Dikshit was on Tuesday named as governor of Kerala. She replaces Nikhil Kumar, who has held the post since March 2013.
Dikshit's appointment as governor of the southern state came after Kumar stepped down amid speculation that he may contest the Lok Sabha poll from Bihar.
For Dikshit, the new assignment ends her political exile following her humiliating defeat in the recent assembly polls in Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party's grand electoral opening with 28 seats had cost Congress dear and shrunk its tally to just 8 seats. Dikshit herself faced defeat at the hands of Kejriwal in her assembly constituency.
The announcement of Dikshit's name for Kerala Raj Bhavan comes hours before announcement of general elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim.
Dikshit served as Delhi's chief minister from 1998 to 2013 before she lost to Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal in the December 2013 assembly polls. She lost her assembly seat by over 20,000 votes.
The former CM had represented UP's Kannauj parliamentary constituency between 1984 and 1989.
Dikshit faces several graft charges against her including involvement in the 2010 Commonwealth Games that were held in the city and irregularities in Delhi Technological University admissions. The DTU case is related to the recruitment process in 2012 in connection to the vacancies advertised in December 2011.
In a recent order the Delhi high court said Sheila Dikshit will have to defend herself in a graft case and did away with Delhi government pursuing the appeal filed by her administration in 2013 against the trial court order for lodging an FIR against her.
Days before quitting, the Arvind Kejriwal government had on February 14 (when it resigned) moved the high court seeking to take back the appeal filed by then Congress government headed by Dikshit.
Dikshit had moved the high court opposing the plea of the Kejriwal government and had also sought her impleadment in the matter.
AAP government had said Dikshit will have to defend herself as she is no more the CM and the government lacked the "locus standi" to fight for her.
Sheila Dikshit appointed new Kerala governor - The Times of India
God save my Kerala.....
Dikshit's appointment as governor of the southern state came after Kumar stepped down amid speculation that he may contest the Lok Sabha poll from Bihar.
For Dikshit, the new assignment ends her political exile following her humiliating defeat in the recent assembly polls in Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party's grand electoral opening with 28 seats had cost Congress dear and shrunk its tally to just 8 seats. Dikshit herself faced defeat at the hands of Kejriwal in her assembly constituency.
The announcement of Dikshit's name for Kerala Raj Bhavan comes hours before announcement of general elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim.
Dikshit served as Delhi's chief minister from 1998 to 2013 before she lost to Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal in the December 2013 assembly polls. She lost her assembly seat by over 20,000 votes.
The former CM had represented UP's Kannauj parliamentary constituency between 1984 and 1989.
Dikshit faces several graft charges against her including involvement in the 2010 Commonwealth Games that were held in the city and irregularities in Delhi Technological University admissions. The DTU case is related to the recruitment process in 2012 in connection to the vacancies advertised in December 2011.
In a recent order the Delhi high court said Sheila Dikshit will have to defend herself in a graft case and did away with Delhi government pursuing the appeal filed by her administration in 2013 against the trial court order for lodging an FIR against her.
Days before quitting, the Arvind Kejriwal government had on February 14 (when it resigned) moved the high court seeking to take back the appeal filed by then Congress government headed by Dikshit.
Dikshit had moved the high court opposing the plea of the Kejriwal government and had also sought her impleadment in the matter.
AAP government had said Dikshit will have to defend herself as she is no more the CM and the government lacked the "locus standi" to fight for her.
Sheila Dikshit appointed new Kerala governor - The Times of India
God save my Kerala.....
Quitter can't be PM. 
Enemy country attacks us & our Army Chief resigns as he doesn't have proper weapons at his disposal. 
In such scenario Army Chief won't quite, but fight for his country. 
