Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he would resign after two days and would demand early polls in Delhi as he vowed not to sit in CM’s chair till people give him a “certificate of honesty”.
Kejriwal, who was released on bail from Tihar on Friday in the excise policy corruption case, said, “I will sit in the CM’s chair only after people give me a certificate of honesty. Want to give ‘agnipariksha’ after coming out of jail.”
“Two days later, I will resign as Chief Minister. I will not sit on that chair till the people announce their verdict. Elections in Delhi are months away. I got justice from the legal court, now I will get justice from the people’s court. I will sit on the Chief Minister’s chair only after the order of the people,” Kejriwal said.
“I will become chief minister, and Manish Sisodia deputy CM only when people say we are honest,” he said.
“They wanted to break the party, break Kejriwal’s courage and morale… they have made a formula– break parties, break MLAs, send leaders to jail. They thought they would form a government in Delhi by sending Kejriwal to jail…But they couldn’t break our party… they couldn’t even break away from the party workers,” he said.
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said that Kejriwal will address the nation, adding to that he stated, “He kept the party united even from the jail. And the workers kept it united from the outside. If any other party had faced so many problems, it would have been broken.”
Arvind Kejriwal also talked about why he didn’t resign as the chief minister of Delhi.
“I didn’t resign because I wanted to protect the country’s democracy… They have made a new formula — wherever they lose, they send the CM to jail and form their government,” he added.
Arvind Kejriwal appealed to all the opposition chief ministers to not resign if they are sent to jail on false charges.
The AAP supremo said a member of the party would be named the CM after his resignation. He added that the party would go to the people and seek their support whilst demanding that elections in the national capital, scheduled for February 2025, be held in November along with the assembly election in Maharashtra.
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