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

When Atishi takes oath as Delhi Chief Minister on September 21, she will become only the third woman in history to achieve this milestone, following Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit. Her rise is critical for AAP as they prepare for upcoming elections and fast-track pending policies.

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.

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.

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

Aam Aadmi Party senior officials have confirmed that Delhi's designated Chief Minister Atishi alongside her cabinet will officially take oaths of office on 21.