WHO WILL BE THE NEXT CHIEF MINISTER OF DELHI AFTER ARVIND KEJRIWAL RESIGNS? HERE ARE THE TOP CONTENDERS
NEW DELHI, 15 SEPTEMBER. Days after getting bail in the liquor policy case, AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal has announced that he will resign from the post of Delhi Chief Minister in the next two days and would demand early polls as he vowed not to sit in the national capital’s CM chair till people give him a “certificate of honesty”.
Kejriwal’s decision to resign has now left a question among the people as to who will be the next chief minister of Delhi.
Saurabh Bharadwaj: Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj is amongst the top contenders to replace Kejriwal as Delhi CM. He was the Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and Minister of Health, Urban development, and water since 9 March 2023.
Gopal Rai: Gopal Rai currently serves as the Delhi Cabinet Minister for the Environment, Forest and Wildlife, Development and General Administration Department. After Kejriwal, Rai can become the next CM of the national capital.
Kejriwal walks out of jail on Friday after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in a case filed by CBI in relation to the now-scrapped excise policy.
Kejriwal became the seventh high-profile leader to be granted bail in the case, following AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Vijay Nair, and Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s K Kavitha.