Arvind Kejriwal says ‘will only sit on CM’s chair after…’

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on September 15 addressed party workers. The Chief Minister announced that he would resign as Chief Minister in two days. He added that a meeting with AAP legislators will be organised in the coming days and an AAP leader will take over as CM.

Kejriwal, who was released on bail from Tihar on Friday in the excise policy corruption case, said, “I will only sit on CM’s chair after people give me a certificate of honesty. Want to give ‘agnipariksha’ after coming out of jail.”
BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, “Arvind Kejriwal has announced that he will resign after two days and become the CM again when he gets a verdict from the people… This is not a sacrifice, the Supreme Court has said in the order that he cannot go near the CM’s chair and cannot sign any files. Hence, you dont have an option, you are forced to resign because of the SC order. The people gave their verdict 3 months ago when you asked ‘jail or bail’, you lost all 7 (Lok Sabha seats in Delhi) and were sent to jail… Now he has asked for a two-day time because he is convincing all MLAs to make his wife the CM… He is forced to leave his chair because he is involved in the liquor scam…”
On Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘I am going to resign from the CM position after 2 days’ statement, AAP MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer says, “Just to keep him jailed, he was arrested by the CBI when he got a bail from the ED. The SC also said that the CBI has become a caged parrot… A decision to quit the CM chair until the people give their verdict, such a decision can only be taken by an honest person… Only Arvind Kejriwal can leave the CM chair after coming out of jail…”
AAP MP Raghav Chadha says “…’Mukhyamantri ji agni-pariksha se guzarne ke liye taiyyar hai’. Now it’s in the hands of the people of Delhi to decide if he is honest or not. Arvind Kejriwal had asked for votes in the name of work in 2020 and said that if I have worked then vote for me, if I have not worked then do not vote for me. The people of Delhi will declare the Chief Minister honest by voting for AAP and in the upcoming 2025 Delhi elections, the people of Delhi will declare their Chief Minister honest through that election…”
BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said, “This is a PR stunt of Arvind Kejriwal. He has understood that his image among the people of Delhi is not of an honest leader but of a corrupt leader, today Aam Aadmi Party is known across the country as a corrupt party. Under his PR stunt, he wants to restore his image…It is clear that he wants to apply the Sonia Gandhi model, where she made Manmohan Singh a dummy Prime Minister and ran the government from behind the scenes. They have understood today that the Aam Aadmi Party is losing the Delhi elections and the people of Delhi cannot vote in their name, so they want to make someone else a scapegoat…”
“I will become chief minister, Sisodia deputy CM only when people say we are honest,” he said.
He added that “I will only sit on CM’s chair after people give me certificate of honesty; want to give ‘agnipariksha’ after coming out of jail.”
He added, “Delhi elections due in February but I demand elections in national capital be held in November with Maharashtra.”
He added that, “Will hold meeting of AAP MLAs in next couple of days, an AAP leader will take over as CM”
“I am going to resign from the CM position after two days. I will not sit on the CM chair until the people give their verdict… I will go to every house and street and not sit on the CM chair till I get a verdict from the people…”
CM Arvind Kejriwal says, “I thank God for always blessing us… We are overcoming all the problems. We are fighting against huge enemies and succeeding. We are just a small party that transformed the politics of this country. I thank God for this…”
The Chief Minister also said that he would resign after two days, “I am going to resign after 2 days; ask people whether I am honest; till they respond, won’t sit on CM’s chair.”
While addressing the party workers, Kejriwal said, “Their conspiracies could not break our rock-like courage, we are among you again. We will keep fighting for the country like this, we just need the support of all of you.”
CM Arvind Kejriwal said, “I thank God for always blessing us… We are overcoming all the problems. We are fighting against huge enemies and succeeding. We are just a small party that transformed the politics of this country. I thank God for this…”
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