Kejriwal to quit

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that he would resign as Chief Minister in two days .

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief, who was released from Tihar jail on bail in excise policy case two days ago, said that a a meeting with party legislators will be held soon to decide who will replace him as Chief Minister of Delhi, according to Mint, an Indian-news outlet.

"I will sit on the CM's chair only after being elected. The elections are supposed to be held in February, 2025. I demand elections be held in November along with Maharashtra elections... Till elections are held, someone else from the party will be the chief minister. In the next 2-3 days, a meeting of the MLAs will be held, where the next CM will be elected,” Kejriwal said in his address to the party workers on Sunday.

AAP had returned to power in the national capital by sweeping assembly elections held in February 2020. AAP won 62 of the 70 assembly seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 8 seats and Congress won none.

Assembly polls are due in Delhi in February next year.