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New Delhi: Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain on Tuesday resigned from their posts in the state cabinet. According to news agency ANI, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has accepted their resignation. Manish Sisodia‘s 18 portfolios in the Delhi government are likely to be handled by ministers Kailash Gahlot and Rajkumar Anand, as per reports.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court had refused to entertain a petition filed by Manish Sisodia challenging the arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in an alleged case of corruption relating to the now-scrapped excise policy.
The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said that Sisodia has alternative remedies available before the High Court and asked him to pursue them instead of directly invoking the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution.
“You are challenging an FIR, challenging remand, seeking bail, all under Article 32. You have remedies before the High Court under Section 482 CrPC”, CJI Chandrachud told Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi at the outset.
Hitting out at the AAP government over the now-scrapped excise policy, the BJP on Tuesday said it will raise awareness on the conspiracy that was hatched to “toy” with the future of youths in Delhi by allowing proliferation of liquor vends. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, the party’s national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the proponents of new politics didn’t even refrain from taking steps that would have drowned Delhi youths in a state of inebriation.
The BJP had stepped up its attack on the AAP following Sisodia’s arrest and had been demanding his sacking, along with that of Jain, from the Delhi Cabinet.
“BJP’s struggle has borne fruits. We had been demanding that Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain would have to resign and also go to jail. And out of embarrassment, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had to accept their resignations. This is a victory of BJP workers, a victory of truth,” Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva said.
“Liquor scam has happened with your complicity and right under your nose. You are responsible for it. Our struggle, demanding Kejriwal’s resignation, will continue,” he added.
The Congress said Sisodia has been arrested in an “open-and-shut case of corruption”, and demanded that Kejriwal should be arrested too for his involvement in the liquor scam.
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