Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena at 4:30 pm on Tuesday and may submit his resignation, PTI reported. The Aam Aadmi Party told the agency that the chief minister has sought time from Saxena for a meeting on Tuesday.
He is likely to resign.” According to a PTI report, the LG has given Delhi CM Kejriwal an appointment at 4:30 pm on Tuesday. On Sunday, Kejriwal had announced his resignation while addressing his party workers.
The 54-year-old leader said, “I am going to resign after 2 days; will ask people if I am honest; till they answer, I will not sit on the CM chair. I will sit on the CM chair only when people give me a certificate of honesty; I want to give ‘Agnipariksha’ after coming out of jail.” Also Read: Who will succeed Arvind Kejriwal as next CM in Delhi?
6 possible names Kejriwal made the announcement two days after he walked out of Delhi’s Tihar jail after getting bail from the Supreme Court in a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) linked to the Delhi excise policy matter. ‘Kejriwal has faith in his people’: Saurabh Bharadwaj Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said the legislature party will meet to elect the leader who will be sworn in as CM.
“Whoever gets elected will stake claim to the President through the Lt Governor. The MLAs are with us. So obviously that person will be called and will take oath. I think this whole process should be completed within a week,” Bhardwaj told ANI. “Despite whatever the BJP has done in the last two years, the CM still has faith in the people and their honesty… People of Delhi are eager for the elections to be held so that they can vote and make Arvind Kejriwal the CM again,” the AAP leader said.