Manish Sisodia resigns as Delhi Minister; Satyendar Jain too quits

New Delhi: Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain resigned from their posts in the state cabinet on Tuesday immediately after Supreme Court refused to entertain Sisodia's bail application.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal accepted their resignations.

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Sisodia, who holds 18 ministries along with being Deputy Chief Minister, was arrested by CBI in liquor scam on Sunday and was awarded five-day CBI remand on Monday by a special court.

Jain is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in a money laundering case since June last year.

The CBI also interrogated Jain in Tihar Jail and AAP's communication in-charge Vijay Nair on February 15 in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam.

The money laundering case, in which Jain is in judicial custody, was initiated on the basis of an FIR registered by the CBI. The FIR had alleged that Jain, while holding the office as a minister in the Government of Delhi, during the period February 14, 2015 to May 31, 2017, had acquired assets which are disproportionate to his known sources of income.