Kejriwal to resign as Delhi CM, 'will only sit on that chair after people give certificate of honesty'

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New Delhi: In his first in-person address to party workers since he was granted bail by the Supreme Court in the excise policy case, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal said Sunday that he will resign as the chief minister of Delhi in the next two days...

AAP MLAs will pick a new chief minister, he said, calling for elections to the Delhi Legislative Assemblyto be held before February 2025to be advanced to November this year to coincide with voting in Maharashtra...

Addressing AAP workers Sunday at the party office here, Kejriwal said, I have come to aap ki adalat (the peoples court)..

They make fabricated charges and send these leaders to jail, he said.. Kejriwal also revealed that he had discussed his decision with his former deputy Manish Sisodia, who too was granted bail in the Delhi excise policy case, on 9 August...

Referring to his first stint as chief minister, Kejriwal told AAP workers at the party office Sunday, I resigned after 49 days because I chose to stick to my principles..

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