After Kejriwal, Rai will be out of Delhi for a fortnight

After Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Labour minister Gopal Rai will also remain away from the national capital for a fortnight as he will be attending a 14-day-long "Workers' Dialogue" in Chhattisgarh starting tomorrow.
"The Labour Minister will attend the 14-day Workers' Dialouge organised by AAP's Chhattisgarh unit. During the programme, which will be held Lok Sabha constituency wise, Rai will hear problems being faced by local people," said a senior government official said.
Kejriwal, who will tomorrow leave for poll-bound Punjab tomorrow to take stock of AAP's preparations, will remain out of Delhi for about a fortnight.
Soon after returning from Punjab, he will undergo throat surgery on September 13 in Bengaluru. He is expected to return to Delhi on September 22 or 23.

During this period, only three ministers--Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Home Minister Satyender Jain and Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra--will be looking after the governance.
Earlier in the day, defending the frequent visits by Delhi government ministers to poll-bound states, Jain said the government's work is not affected when any minister goes to other states for campaigning.

"Government's work is not affected if a minister goes for poll campaigning. When I was in Vatican, I was looking after my departments' work through WhatsApp.
"AAP ministers work 365 days a year. I work for 10 hours every day. In the previous governments, ministers used to come to office for only two hours once in a week," he said.

Sisodia is at present on a two-day visit to Goa where AAP is gearing up for Assembly elections in 2017. He will be returning tomorrow.