Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal at a public meeting in New Delhi in 2015 (Express photo by Ravi Kanojia) Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal at a public meeting in New Delhi in 2015 (Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

Minutes after Anandiben Patel resigned as the chief minister of Gujarat, Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal took on Twitter to gain political mileage saying Aam Aaadmi Party’s popularity in the state “forced” Patel to quit the chair.

“Anandi ji ka isthifa Gujarat mein ‘AAP’ ke taji sein badthi lokpriyata ka nateeja hein. Bajpa Gujarat mein buri tarah se dari hui (Anandiben Patel’s resignation came because of the gaining popularity of AAP in Gujarat. BJP is frightened in Gujarat now,” Kejriwal tweeted.

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He also pushed forward AAP’s political plank of fighting against corruption as the reason for Patel’s exit. “Anandi ji ka isthifa Gujarat mein ‘AAP’ ki bhrastachaar ke khilaf ladai ki jeet hein (Anandiben Patel’s resignation is the victory of AAP’s fight against corruption in Gujarat),” he added.

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An hour back, Anandiben Patel has submitted her resignation as CM of Gujarat to the top brass of the party seeking relief from the top job in the state.

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In a letter posted on her Facebook page, Patel, who took charge as Gujarat’s first woman chief minister has said that she had two months earlier sought to resign from the party to give “enough time to the new incumbent to prepare for important events like the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat summit”.

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