NEW DELHI: Outgoing Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will move out of his official residence in a week as he resigned from the post on Tuesday, passing the mantle to his close political confidant Aitish.
Sharing Kejriwal's decision to vacate the CM house, senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Wednesday said that the party, due to security reasons, suggested him against the moving-out decision.
"Arvind Kejriwal has decided that he will vacate his house (CM residence) within a week. There are concerns over his security, there have been several attacks on him. We tried to make him understand that there is security issue, BJP people have attacked him and that this house is necessary from security point of view. However, he decided that God will protect him," said Sanjay Singh, who is also the AAP's Rajya Sabha MP.
Arvind Kejriwal resigned from the CM post on Tuesday by submitting his formal resignation to lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.
The resignation was submitted to LG Saxena at around 4.30 pm. The AAP convenor was accompanied by his cabinet colleague, Saurabh Bharadwaj, as he arrived at the LG Secretariat.
AAP on Tuesday announced Delhi minister Atishi the successor of Arvind Kejriwal, who on Sunday declared that he would step down from the CM post within two days.
While addressing a Sunday's rally CM Kejriwal, out on bail in an alleged liquor policy scam, announced that he would seek a "certificate of honesty" from the Delhi voters and that till then he would not be the CM of the national capital.
After Kejriwal's announcement, speculations on the name of his possible successor floated Delhi's political spectrum for two days, with Aitish being the front-runner for the CM post.
According to reports, Atishi's name was also proposed at the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting held at Arvind Kejriwal's residence last night.
Her name was proposed, and a consensus was agreed upon by party members.
Sharing Kejriwal's decision to vacate the CM house, senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Wednesday said that the party, due to security reasons, suggested him against the moving-out decision.
"Arvind Kejriwal has decided that he will vacate his house (CM residence) within a week. There are concerns over his security, there have been several attacks on him. We tried to make him understand that there is security issue, BJP people have attacked him and that this house is necessary from security point of view. However, he decided that God will protect him," said Sanjay Singh, who is also the AAP's Rajya Sabha MP.
Arvind Kejriwal resigned from the CM post on Tuesday by submitting his formal resignation to lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.
The resignation was submitted to LG Saxena at around 4.30 pm. The AAP convenor was accompanied by his cabinet colleague, Saurabh Bharadwaj, as he arrived at the LG Secretariat.
AAP on Tuesday announced Delhi minister Atishi the successor of Arvind Kejriwal, who on Sunday declared that he would step down from the CM post within two days.
While addressing a Sunday's rally CM Kejriwal, out on bail in an alleged liquor policy scam, announced that he would seek a "certificate of honesty" from the Delhi voters and that till then he would not be the CM of the national capital.
After Kejriwal's announcement, speculations on the name of his possible successor floated Delhi's political spectrum for two days, with Aitish being the front-runner for the CM post.
According to reports, Atishi's name was also proposed at the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting held at Arvind Kejriwal's residence last night.
Her name was proposed, and a consensus was agreed upon by party members.
