“Arvind Kejriwal Is And Will Remain Chief Minister”: AAP’s Atishi

New Delhi: 

Arvind Kejriwal will continue as the Delhi Chief Minister and discharge his duties from jail, the Aam Aadmi Party said today minutes after he was arrested in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. “Arvind Kejriwal is and will remain the Chief Minister of Delhi… there are no two ways about it,” said AAP’s Atishi, who is currently his Number 2 in the government.

“We made it clear from the beginning that he will work from jail if need be. There is no law that stops him from doing so. He has not been convicted,” she added.  

Mr Kejriwal is the first sitting Chief Minister to be arrested in recent times. His continuing to work as the Chief Minister from jail is likely to create a constitutional crisis, sources said, pointing out that when Lalu Yadav, then Chief Minister of Bihar, got arrested in the fodder scam case, he had handed over his charges to his wife Rabri Devi.

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren — who was arrested in January in connection with an alleged land scam — was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate after he met the Governor and stepped down from the post.