India, Feb. 23 -- The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) legislature group on Sunday elected former Delhi chief minister and Kalkaji legislator Atishi the leader of the Opposition in a meeting at the party headquarters on Sunday, AAP Delhi convener Gopal Rai said, after a meeting of the 22 AAP MLAs and national convener Arvind Kejriwal.

Following the meeting, Atishi said the AAP will play the role of a "strong opposition" to ensure that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delivers on its pre-poll promises and continues public works started by the AAP.

"People of Delhi have entrusted us with the role of opposition, and as a strong opposition, we will ensure that the BJP government fulfils all its promises. During the elections, Modi ji had guaranteed ...