Manish Sisodia resigns: Kailash Gahlot, Raaj Kumar Anand likely to get ex-dy CM's portfolios

The now former deputy chief minister held 18 out of the total 33 portfolios in the Delhi government.

AAP leaders Kailash Gahlot and Raaj Kumar Anand, both sitting ministers in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government, are likely to be given portfolios held by Manish Sisodia, the now former deputy chief minister of Delhi who resigned on Tuesday.

Kailash Gahlot already holds 6 portfolios in the Delhi cabinet (File Photo)

Sisodia held as many as 18 out of the total 33 portfolios in Kejriwal's cabinet. Gahlot already holds charge of six departments: law, transport, revenue, administrative reforms, information technology, and women and child development.

Anand, on the other hand, is the minister for Gurudwara Elections, SC and ST, social welfare, and cooperative.

Meanwhile, the resignations of Sisodia and Satyendar Jain – both stepped down on Tuesday – leave Kejriwal with only four ministers in his cabinet: Gahlot, Anand, Gopal Rai and Imran Hussain. The chief minister has not kept any portfolio with himself.

The resignations came shortly after the Supreme Court dismissed a bail plea filed by Sisodia. On Feb 26, the now former deputy CM was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged excise policy scam; excise was among the 18 departments held by him.

Jain, on the other hand, was arrested in May last year by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case. Though he continued in the cabinet, his ministries were allocated to Sisodia.