Ex-Delhi Minister Sends New Resignation Letter To CM Kejriwal After His Release On Bail

Ex-Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand, who resigned last month from the AAP citing "corruption" in the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, has sent a "fresh" letter to the Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor to have his resignation accepted.

Anand said, "Earlier, it was told to me that the CM is in jail and so he cannot sign any file. Now he has been written to again, and a team member visited his residence to submit the letter. The letter was received but no response was given. The fresh one was sent on Sunday," as reported by The Indian Express.

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Further, he added, "The Lieutenant Governor was met, and the matter was raised. It has been four days since the CM was released, but my resignation has yet to be accepted," said the former social welfare minister of the Capital. Meanwhile, it was stated by a senior official from the Social Welfare Department that the SC/ST department is functioning "smoothly," though it was conceded by the official that files are "stuck" as Anand's successor is yet to be appointed, as reported by Hindustan Times.

Earlier this month, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was joined by Anand, and the ongoing Lok Sabha elections will be contested by him from the New Delhi parliamentary constituency. On May 25, all seven seats in Delhi will be voted on in the penultimate leg of the seven-phase polls.

On March 21, the central Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Kejriwal in the alleged excise policy scam. Interim and conditional bail was granted to him by the Supreme Court on May 10, allowing him to campaign for the Lok Sabha polls. The AAP chief has been asked to surrender on June 2, a day after the general elections conclude and two days before the results are to be declared, as per media reports.

During his interim bail, files cannot be signed by Kejriwal, and the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) or the Secretariat cannot be visited by him, according to a two-judge Supreme Court bench.