Ajit Karn
Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi who is currently in CBI custody for five days in connection with the excise policy case, resigned on Tuesday. His cabinet colleague Satyendar Jain, who has been in jail for less than a year after his arrest in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate, has also resigned.
Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia, arrested by CBI in alleged excise scam case, and minister Satyendar Jain, in jail for nine months in alleged money laundering case, resign
CM Arvind Kejriwal accepts their resignation
Delhi likely to get two new ministers @htTweets
— Alok K N Mishra HT (@AlokKNMishra) February 28, 2023
Manish Sisodia, who currently oversees 18 of the national capital’s 33 departments, was arrested on Sunday after an eight-hour interrogation by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Today, he petitioned the Supreme Court for bail, which instructed him to first approach the Delhi high court. Now, the AAP has decided to move to the high court.
After Jain’s arrest in May of 2012, Sisodia was assigned the health portfolio in addition to the ones he was already responsible for. His arrest coincides with the presentation of the budget for the government of Delhi.
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Prior to their resignation, the Delhi government had six ministers, with Sisodia responsible for 18 portfolios. The other ministers are Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Imran Hussain, and Raj Kumar Anand.
