Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, on April 2, met Sunita Kejriwal, wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, stressing that he should continue governing from jail and refrain from resigning.
The AAP national convenor, currently in judicial custody until April 15, due to his arrest last month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding a money-laundering case associated with his government's scrapped excise policy, received unwavering support from his party members.
During the meeting, AAP MLAs conveyed to Sunita Kejriwal that the chief minister has the support of two crore Delhiites and should remain steadfast in his position.
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Of the 62 AAP MLAs in Delhi, 55 participated in the meeting, with four MLAs absent due to travel and three, including CM Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and Satyendar Jain, currently detained.
The BJP has urged Kejriwal's resignation as Chief Minister following his arrest in connection with the liquor policy scam.
Kejriwal is the fourth leader from AAP to be kept in the Tihar Jail, where he has been kept in Jail No. 2. Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, also an accused in the liquor policy case, remains imprisoned in Jail No. 1. Meanwhile, former Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been kept in Jail No. 7, and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh is in Jail No. 5.
After skipping nine ED summonses, the Delhi CM was arrested by the federal agency in connection with the Delhi liquor policy money laundering case on March 21.
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