Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's life behind bars has crossed 100 days, marking an unprecedented chapter in Delhi's governance and politics.
He remains defiant, holding on to his position as chief minister, but it has put the national capital in a situation it has never faced before.
Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party claimed vindication when he was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on July 12 in the money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate in the purported liquor policy scam.
However, Kejriwal's wait to walk out of jail continues as he is in CBI custody under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the same case.
While granting bail to Kejriwal, the Supreme Court said it was up to him to decide whether he should continue as chief minister. But his legal team is confident that he will get bail in the CBI case as well. "The Centre anticipated that the Supreme Court would grant him bail in the ED matter, so it got the CBI to arrest him," said Delhi cabinet minister Saurabh Bharadwaj. "The burden of proof is on the CBI. It is just a matter of time that Kejriwal is released." Kejriwal's prolonged absence has raised serious concerns about governance. To make matters worse, the relationship between Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena and the state government is at its worst. Any public crisis turns into a blame game between the AAP and the BJP. "The people in power are misbehaving and testing the limits of the laws," said former high court judge R.S. Sodhi.
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