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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
AAP had earlier said Kejriwal sought time for a meeting with the lieutenant governor on Tuesday and was likely to tender his resignation.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet Lt Governor VK Saxena at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, during which he is likely to tender his resignation. Saxena has given Kejriwal an appointment for a meeting at 4:30 pm on Tuesday.
AAP had earlier said Kejriwal sought time for a meeting with the lieutenant governor and was likely to tender his resignation. The AAP supremo had said he would become chief minister and Manish Sisodia his deputy “only when people say we are honest”.
Meeting With Delhi LG
“The chief minister has sought time from Saxena for a meeting on Tuesday. He is likely to tender his resignation,” the party said earlier. Days after being released from Tihar jail on bail in the excise policy case, the AAP national convenor said on Sunday that he would resign within 48 hours and sought early polls in Delhi.
Kejriwal promised not to sit in the chief minister’s chair till people gave him a “certificate of honesty”. He had said he would hold a meeting of AAP MLAs in a couple of days and a party leader would take over as chief minister.
BJP Attacks Kejriwal
On Monday, the BJP’s Delhi president Virender Sachdeva said Kejriwal’s decision to resign as chief minister was borne out of “compulsion” and not driven by “principle”. Sachdeva also alleged that none of the Delhi government departments was free of corruption under Kejriwal’s rule.
Days after being released from Tihar jail on bail in the excise policy case, the AAP national convenor said on Sunday that he would resign within 48 hours and sought early polls in Delhi. He vowed not to sit in the chief minister’s chair till people gave him a “certificate of honesty”.
Firing a salvo at the Delhi chief minister, Sachdeva said, “The decision to resign was a compulsion for Arvind Kejriwal, not driven by principle. The Supreme Court has clearly pointed out that he cannot go to his office, cannot sign any file, then what choice did Kejriwal have?” Sachdeva asked. Kejriwal has tried to pass off this compulsion as dignity and the people of Delhi understand it, he claimed.
‘I dare Kejriwal’
“The chief minister is saying that he will go in public. I dare Kejriwal to come with me to the homes where families have lost their members. Does Kejriwal have the courage to visit the homes of those who died due to corruption, not cleaning drains and waterlogging?” he asked. Sachdeva also alleged that there was no department — be it the Delhi Jal Board, the health and education departments — where there was no corruption during the past 10 years.
“The court sent you to jail due to your thefts and you will have to answer to the people of Delhi. As far as elections are concerned, don’t wait till November, hold elections in October. The Delhi BJP is ready and the people of Delhi are also ready and they want to get rid of this corrupt chief minister as soon as possible,” he alleged.
