A group of AAP supporters gathered at the ITO foot over bridge in Delhi to protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy scam case. Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy case.
Demonstrators objected to Kejriwal’s arrest by the ED and raised slogans against the BJP, chanting, “Mai bhi Kejriwal, mujhe bhi giraftaar karo.” One protester expressed, “This is a murder of democracy. Kejriwal did so much for the upliftment of women in the city. This is really unfair.”
Another protester commented, “Our honest leader, against whom there is no substantial proof, has been arrested. There is no democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi fears that Kerjiwal might get seats in the upcoming 2024 elections, so he removed his biggest obstacle by putting him in jail.”
The Aam Aadmi Party announced that it would hold a candlelight march and effigy burning across Delhi in protest against the BJP over Kejriwal’s arrest. In a statement, the AAP said, “There will be a candle march and effigy burning across Delhi tomorrow in protest against the dictatorship of the BJP and the fake arrest of Arvind Kejriwal. Now the people of Delhi have come out on the streets in protest against the arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal. We all have to stand together as the shield of Arvind Kejriwal. The arrest of Arvind Kejriwal will prove to be the last nail to oust the Modi government from power.”
The Rouse Avenue Court remanded Kejriwal to six days of ED custody in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scam case until March 28.