New Delhi: Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain Tuesday resigned from their posts in the state cabinet. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has also given the approval to their resignations.
Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain resign from their posts in the state cabinet; CM Arvind Kejriwal accepts their resignation. pic.twitter.com/rODxWkSoc9
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Both the ministers are accused in two seperate cases. Hours before tendering his resignation, the Supreme Court turned down Manish Sisodia’s plea in connection with the alleged Excise Policy scam in the national capital.
Sisodia had challenged his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the apex court but the latter asked them to pursue the High Court.
The top court asserted that Sisodia has alternative remedies available before the High Court instead of directly invoking the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution, reported LiveLaw.
Read More: Excise Policy Scam: ‘Go to High Court,’ directs SC to Manish Sisodia who challenged his arrest
Meanwhile, arrested Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain has been accused in a money laundering case. Jain was arrested on May 30, 2022, under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act by the Enforcement Directorate and is presently in judicial custody in the case.
The ED had arrested the accused in the money laundering case based on a CBI FIR lodged against Jain in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Jain is accused of having laundered money through four companies allegedly linked to him.
