Kejriwal says he will resign as Delhi CM in next two days; BJP calls it a 'PR stunt'

NEW DELHI: In a surprising move, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday that he will step down from his position within the next two days. Addressing party workers after his release from Tihar Jail, Kejriwal said that he will only return to the post after being re-elected by the people in the upcoming Delhi elections. "I am going to resign from the CM position after two days.

I will not sit on the CM’s chair. In a few months, elections will be held in Delhi, and I want to make an appeal to the people. If you think Kejriwal is honest, then vote for me," the Delhi chief minister said.

"If you think Kejriwal is guilty, then don’t vote for me. Your every vote will be a certificate of my honesty. If you vote for me and declare that Kejriwal is honest, then only after the elections will I sit on the CM’s chair.

Until then, I will not sit on the CM’s chair. Want to give 'agnipariksha' after coming out of jail," he added. Kejriwal, who was released from Tihar Jail on Friday evening after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam.

The Delhi chief minister asserted that the BJP cannot provide good schools and free electricity to people because they are corrupt. "We are honest," he asserted. "They slap false cases against non-BJP chief ministers.

If they are arrested, I urge them not to resign but run the government from jail," the Delhi chief minister said. "I didn't resign (after arrest in exc.