Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal resigned as Delhi's Chief Minister on Tuesday, two days after he was released from prison on bail. Kejriwal had announced his intention to resign over the weekend, saying he would take the post again only if the people of Delhi gave him a "certificate of honesty".

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal picked Delhi minister Atishi to replace him as chief minister of the capital territory on Tuesday, allowing him to focus on winning a fresh mandate in elections due next year after getting bail in a graft case.

Atishi, one of the opposition AAP party’s most experienced figures, has served as Delhi’s minister for education, finance, revenues and law

Prominent opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has resigned from his post, days after getting bail in a corruption case. Kejriwal spent five months in jail in connection with a now-scrapped alcohol sales policy.

The opposition leader spent almost six months locked up in relation to alleged irregularities in New Delhi's liquor policy.

After being elected as the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislative party in Delhi, Atishi expressed her gratitude by saying, "First and foremost, I want to thank Delhi Chief Minister and my mentor,

The Aam Aadmi Party led by its chief minister designate Atishi staked claim to form a new government in Delhi on Tuesday shortly after Arvind Kejriwal resigned from the post, an effort seen as a bold