Arvind Kejriwal Quits As Delhi CM, Days After Bail In Delhi Liquor Case

New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal resigned as Delhi Chief Minister on Tuesday, days after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the liquor policy case. Kejriwal was lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail for nearly 6 months. The AAP convenor on Sunday in a surprise announcement said that he would resign from the post of Chief Minister and will leave it to the people of the Delhi to decide in the upcoming elections whether he is a honest or corrupt man.

Earlier today, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) named senior party leader Atishi who will take over as the new Delhi Chief Minister, once Kejriwal tenders his resignation.

In her first remarks after being designated the next chief minister of Delhi, senior AAP leader Atishi said she was sad that party supremo Arvind Kejriwal was resigning from the post, and added that she will work towards bringing him back as CM.

Atishi, who currently holds several portfolios in the Delhi government, said only a party like Aam Aadmi Party would have given a "first-time politician" like her such responsibilities.

The Aam Aadmi Party said Kejriwal proposed her name as his successor in a meeting of the party's legislators, to which all MLAs unanimously agreed.

Kejriwal met Lt Governor VK Saxena at Raj Niwas to tender his resignation as chief minister, paving the way for Atishi's appointment as his successor.

Delhi CM-designate Atishi on her goals  

"I will work with one goal for the next few months to bring back Kejriwal on chief minister's post. I will work as chief minister under Arvind Kejriwal 's guidance and protect the people of Delhi," Atishi said addressing a press conference.

She requested her party MLAs to not congratulate her as it was a "sad occasion".

"Kejriwal trusted me, made me an MLA, then a minister and now chief minister. I am thankful to him. A first-time politician can only get such opportunities in AAP. Had I been in some other party, I wouldn't even have got a ticket to contest polls," she added.

"I am happy, yet I am extremely sad that my elder brother is tendering his resignation today. Do not garland me or congratulate me as its a sad moment that Kejriwal is resigning as Delhi chief minister," she said.

Atishi added that said people are quite angry about Kejriwal's resignation.

Atishi said his resignation was unparalleled in the country's history, and added that she will work for the next few months with the goal of bringing back Kejriwal as chief minister.

Atishi third woman CM after Sheila Dikshit, Sushma Swaraj 

Atishi will be the third woman chief minister of Delhi after Congress ’ Sheila Dikshit and BJP ’s Sushma Swaraj.

Atishi said Supreme Court's bail to Kejriwal was a slap on the face of the Centre, whose probe agencies were called "caged parrot" by it. The ED and CBI have been used by the BJP -led central government to target him, she alleged.

Kejriwal was recently granted bail by the SC in the excise policy-linked corruption case.