New Delhi/IBNS: Incarcerated AAP leaders Satyendar Jain and Manish Sisodia have resigned Cabinet ministers resigned on Tuesday, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has accepted their resignations, media reports said.

If convicted and sentenced to jail for two or more years, Sisodia and Jain may lose their seats and be barred from contesting polls for six years.

Sisodia was taken into custody by the CBI on accusations of corruption in the formulation and execution of the now-scrapped alcohol policy for 2021-22 in the capital city.

In May of last year, the Enforcement Directorate arrested Satyendar Jain on charges of money laundering.

Sisodia held the position of Deputy Chief Minister in Delhi and managed various high-profile portfolios, such as education. Jain served as the health and prisons minister in Delhi’s AAP government.

After Sisodia’s resignation, the vacant portfolios, including finance and education, will be given to Kailash Gahlot and Raaj Kumar Anand, India Today reported.