New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, who resigned as Delhi Chief Minister, will move out of official residence within a week, the party announced on Wednesday. The AAP also said that the outgoing Chief Minister will give up other facilities he was getting while serving as Delhi CM.
Soon after being released from jail on bail in the excise policy case last week, Kejriwal announced that he will resign from the post of Delhi CM and would take over the position again only after getting people’s mandate in the state Assembly polls scheduled to take place early next year.
‘There are concerns over Kejriwal’s security’
Addressing a press conference, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that the AAP leaders urged him to reconsider his decision, citing security threat to him but he refused. “Arvind Kejriwal has decided that he will vacate his house (CM residence) within a week. There are concerns over his security, there have been several attacks on him. We tried to make him understand that there is security issue, BJP people have attacked him and that this house is necessary from security point of view. However, he decided that God will protect him,” Singh said.
On Tuesday, the AAP announced its party leader Atishi as the next Chief Minister of Delhi. Kejriwal proposed her name in a meeting of the party’s legislators. Hours after the announcement, Kejriwal stepped down as Delhi CM.