Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain quit Delhi cabinet after corruption charges

Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain resigned from the cabinet on Tuesday following corruption allegations against them.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has accepted their resignations and will ow send them to Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena.

According to reports, Kejriwal is likely to soon carry out a cabinet reshuffle to bring in new ministers.

Sisodia was arrested on Sunday by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of now-scrapped excise policy of the Delhi government. A special court has sent him to CBI custody till March 4. 

Jain is currently lodged in Tihar jail after being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.