New Delhi, April 28 --  Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday wrote to Delhi High Court Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma, stating that he could not in good conscience continue to participate in proceedings before her in the excise policy case, a day after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal took a similar stand.

In a two-page letter addressed directly to Justice Sharma, Sisodia said he had carefully read Kejriwal's letter of April 27 and found himself "in respectful agreement" with the position taken by the former chief minister, which was rooted in Mahatma Gandhi's principle of Satyagraha.

"After much reflection, my answer is similar to Mr. Kejriwal's. I cannot," Sisodia wrote, when asking whether he ...