Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: PTI)
AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday held a one-on-one meeting with party leaders during the Political Affairs Committee over the naming of a Delhi chief minister.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting was held at Kejriwal’s official residence here.
“During the meeting, he (Kejriwal) asked each leader to give their opinion on his replacement. The legislative party meeting will be held tomorrow and this discussion will go to the second round,” Bharadwaj told reporters after the meeting.
Kejriwal, who on Sunday announced his decision to resign as Delhi chief minister, received individual feedback by holding a one-on-one meeting with PAC members and Delhi government ministers during the meeting, Bharadwaj said.
AAP legislators will meet at Kejriwal’s residence at 11.30 am on Tuesday to discuss naming a consensus candidate to succeed him as Delhi chief minister.
Days after being released on bail from Tihar jail in the excise policy case, the AAP national convenor on Sunday said he would resign within 48 hours and called for early polls in Delhi. He pledged not to sit in the chief minister’s chair until the people gave him a “certificate of honesty”.
Kejriwal had said that he would hold a meeting of AAP MPs in a couple of days and that a leader from the party would take over as chief minister. The AAP leader had said that he would become chief minister and Manish Sisodia his deputy chief minister “only when people say that we are honest”.
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First published: September 16, 2024 | 19:24 IS
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