Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal picked Delhi minister Atishi to replace him as chief minister of the capital territory on Tuesday, allowing him to focus on winning a fresh mandate in elections due next year after getting bail in a graft case.

One of India’s main opposition figures and New Delhi’s chief minister says he will resign from office, two days after he was granted bail in a bribery case

Atishi, one of the opposition AAP party’s most experienced figures, has served as Delhi’s minister for education, finance, revenues and law

Prominent opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has resigned from his post, days after getting bail in a corruption case. Kejriwal spent five months in jail in connection with a now-scrapped alcohol sales policy. He has denied the allegations against him.

India’s top court has allowed the release on bail of a prominent opposition leader and chief minister of New Delhi who was arrested nearly six months ago on charges of receiving bribes from a liquor distributor.

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) party had initially decided that only Atishi would be sworn in, however, it was later determined that her council of ministers would also take the oath.

The opposition leader spent almost six months locked up in relation to alleged irregularities in New Delhi's liquor policy.

Atishi joined AAP in 2013 and has since been a driving force behind the party’s policy development, particularly in the field of education

After being elected as the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislative party in Delhi, Atishi expressed her gratitude by saying, "First and foremost, I want to thank Delhi Chief Minister and my mentor,