Manish Sisodia replaces Kapil Mishra as Delhi Law Minister

• Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was on 31 August 2015 given the additional charge of the Law Ministry of the city.
• Sisodia, who is the third person to hold charge of the portfolio in less than seven months, will replace Kapil Mishra.
• Kapil Mishra, an MLA from Karawal Nagar, was handing the Law Ministry portfolio ever since Jitendra Singh Tomar was arrested in a fake degree case in June 2015. Mishra will continue as Minister for Water and Tourism and Delhi Jal Board’s chairman.