The Delhi High Court on Thursday refuses to entertain a PIL seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal as chief minister following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. A division bench of the Delhi High Court said it was Kejriwal’s personal call on whether to continue as the CM or not.
This is the second petition to remove Kejriwal as Delhi CM that the High Court has dismissed.
The petition was filed by Vishnu Gupta, a social worker and national president of the Hindu Sena. Gupta subsequently withdrew his petition and said that he would make a presentation before the Lieutenant Governor.
The petitioner’s counsel said that after the arrest of Kejriwal on March 21, there was a “lack of government” in the national capital.
The High Court said it was up to the Lieutenant Governor or the President to take a call on the issue. “How can we declare that the government is not functioning? The LG is fully competent to decide it. He (LG) does not need our guidance. He will do whatever he has to in accordance with law,” the court said.
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