One of India’s leading opposition figures resigned his post as New Delhi’s chief minister on Tuesday, days after he emerged from prison on bail in a bribery case.

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.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will reveal the successor to Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi's chief minister at 12 pm on Tuesday following a legislative party meeting. Party MLAs met at Kejriwal's residence, commencing with an address by AAP national general secretary Sandeep Pathak.

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.

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

A top political opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi quit as chief minister of the capital Delhi on Tuesday, days after being released on bail in a corruption case. "Delhi only has one chief minister.