Arrested Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain resign from Cabinet; portfolios to be given to Gahlot, Anand
Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on Sunday evening in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped liquor policy. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia with former Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain. NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's trusted lieutenants Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, both behind bars on corruption charges, resigned from the Cabinet on Tuesday. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has accepted their resignations, officials said. Official sources said Sisodia's portfolios would be allotted to Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot and Social Welfare Minister Raj Kumar Anand. Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on Sunday evening in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped liquor policy for 2021-22. Jain is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in a money laundering case. After Jain's arrest in May last year, Siso...