New Delhi: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, who resigned as Delhi Chief Minister on Tuesday, will now not be entitled to the salary he was getting as the CM. Following his resignation from the top post, Kejriwal’s monthly salary will be drastically reduced. As a Chief Minister of Delhi, Kejriwal was getting Rs 1.70 lakh per month.
According to information available on the website of Delhi Assembly, the Chief Minister of Delhi gets a monthly salary of Rs 60,000. Besides this, Rs 30,000 constituency allowance, Rs 25,000 secretarial assistance allowance and Rs 10,000 hospitality allowance per month are given. In addition to this, Rs 1500 daily allowance is also given during the entire tenure. All this together amounts to Rs 1.7 lakh. Apart from the salary, Kejriwal was also given a government bungalow, a car and a driver along with many other facilities.
How much Kejriwal will lose after resigning as Delhi CM
Now that Kejriwal has resigned as Chief Minister of Delhi, he will have to give up all the facilities he was getting as the CM. His monthly salary will be reduced by Rs 80,000. Kejriwal will now get the salary and facilities fixed for Delhi MLAs. He will now get a total salary of Rs 90,000. This means, in a way, he will lose Rs 80,000 every month.
As an MLA, his monthly salary of Rs 90,000 will include the basic Rs 30,000, election allowance of 25,000, secretariat allowance Rs 15,000, travel allowance of Rs 10,000, telephone allowance of Rs 10,000 and Rs 1,500 as daily allowance.
Kejriwal to vacate govt bungalow, give up other facilities
On Wednesday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had announced that Kejriwal will move out of his government bungalow in north Delhi’s Civil Lines and also give up other facilities he was getting while serving as Delhi CM in the next few weeks. Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said Kejriwal was asked to rethink about his decision to vacate his official residence but he refused saying he spent six months in jail among dreaded criminals.
Kejriwal who walked out of jail last week on bail in Delhi liquor policy case, had announced that he will resign from the post of CM and would take over the position again only after getting people’s mandate in the Assembly polls due next year. Before submitting his resignation letter to Lt Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday, Kejriwal named party leader Atishi as the next Chief Minister of Delhi.