Calls BJP, Congress, puppets of Mukesh Ambani

RESIGNATION\\ Arvind Kejriwal quit as Delhi CM just 48 days after he assumed office. His move followed a threat to resign if the Legislative Assembly did not pass the Jan Lokpal Bill. On February 15, 2014, when his motion in favour of the Bill was rejected, Kejriwal quit. “The council of ministers met this evening and decided to tender its resignation. The council also recommends dissolution of the Delhi Assembly and immediate conduct of elections to the Legislative Assembly. The same may kindly be accepted,” Kejriwal reportedly wrote in his letter addressed to the President, via Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung.

The ruling Congress had supported Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after it won 27 seats during the state elections in 2013, leaving just eight seats to Congress and 31 seats to opposition party BJP. But both parties stalled the tabling of the anti-corruption Bill.

Earlier in February 2014, AAP had filed a complaint against Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest person and the chairman of Reliance Industries, and two senior leaders of Congress, for conspiring to raise gas prices through artificial means. Within days of taking the role of CM, Kejriwal had slashed water and electricity tariffs, which led to more public support for the party.