Atishi Election Result 2020 Kalkaji LIVE Updates | Delhi Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results AAP Candidate Atishi Kalkaji Seat
FirstpostAtishi will be making her Assembly poll debut from Kalkaji in South Delhi. The educationist had previously lost the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from the East Delhi to BJP’s Gautam Gambhir by a margin of over 4.7 lakh votes. Born to Delhi University professors Vijay Kumar Singh and Tripta Wahi, Atishi, whose last name is Marlena - a portmanteau of the names Karl Marx and Vladmir Lenin - studied history at St. Stephen’s College and went on to Oxford University to pursue her Master’s on a Chevening scholarship. Atishi spent some time teaching at Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh before moving to a small village near Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, where she was involved with organic farming and progressive education systems. Between 2015 and 2018, Atishi is credited for having helped reform Delhi’s education system, while drawing a salary of Rs 1 per month.