Sisodia, Jain resign from Delhi Cabinet; portfolios to be given to Gahlot, Anand

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals trusted lieutenants Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain both behind bars on corruption charges resigned from the Cabinet on TuesdayKejriwal has accepted the resignations of the two leaders who played a pivotal role in implementing his governance agenda of good education and health facilities in the national capital according to officialsThe opposition BJP had been demanding the resignation of Jain after his arrest in May last year by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering caseSisodia too faced the heat after his name cropped up in the excise policy scam in August 2022 He was arrested by the CBI on Sunday evening in connection with the alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the nowscrapped liquor policy for 202122The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a bail plea filed by SisodiaAlso readExcise policy case Supreme Court refuses to entertain bail plea of Manish SisodiaWe are not inclined to entertain the petition under Article 32 at this stage a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha saidThe bench observed that just because the incident has happened in Delhi Sisodia cannot come to the apex court directly as he has his remedies before the trial court concerned as well as the Delhi High CourtOfficial sources said Sisodias portfolios would be allotted to Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot and Social Welfare Minister Raj Kumar AnandSisodia who was the deputy chief minister was holding the charge of 18 out of 33 departments of the Delhi government including health finance education and homeEven after his arrest Jain continued to be a minister in the government but without any portfolio His portfolios including health home and urban development had been handed over to SisodiaSisodias workload had almost doubled after Jains arrest and he was handling most of the crucial departments of the city governmentBoth have led what the AAP describes as the successful transformation of Delhis education and health services contributing to the partys popularity and continued electoral successThe BJP had stepped up its attack on the AAP following Sisodias arrest and had been demanding his sacking along with that of Jain from the Delhi CabinetBJPs struggle has borne fruits We had been demanding that Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain would have to resign and also go to jail And out of embarrassment Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had to accept their resignations This is a victory of BJP workers a victory of truth Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva saidLiquor scam has happened with your complicity and right under your nose You are responsible for it Our struggle demanding Kejriwals resignation will continue he addedThe Congress said Sisodia has been arrested in an openandshut case of corruption and demanded that Kejriwal should be arrested too for his involvement in the liquor scamCongress leader and former Union minister Ajay Maken said those who formed their party on the anticorruption plank should answer questions posed on the excise policy which was formed in complete contradiction of the recommendations of the committee set up by themThis is an openandshut case of corruption and a big scam has happened in Delhi and it should be viewed accordingly he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever