As many as 21 workers and leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), including Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj who were detained during their protest against the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, have been released, officials said.
Following the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the INDIA bloc on Friday submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India urging its intervention in the "targeting of opposition leaders" by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party through the "misuse of central agencies".
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Friday sent CM Kejriwal to ED custody till March 28 in the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.
Speaking to ANI, Prithviraj Chavan said, "They (BJP) have been sleeping for 10 years. Is it necessary to arrest? Arrest is a rare case. Papers can be taken which they (ED) have already done. The arrest has been made with the only purpose to stop Arvind Kejriwal from campaigning. We are no
CM Kejriwal who was produced before the court on Friday continued to maintain his stand. While entering the court complex for the remand hearing, Kejriwal told reporters, "My life is dedicated to the country whether I am inside or outside the prison."
"I totally condemn the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. It's a political arrest, not an arrest based on the mistake made by the CM. BJP does not want the AAP to go in the favour of the INDIA Alliance in Delhi and other parts of India. They (BJP) have made a mistake. People of India, pa
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who welcomed the leaders, took a jibe at the AAP, saying that the top leaders of AAP have "immersed" themselves in the alleged liquor scam.
Kerala BJP president K Surendran on Friday said that the arrest by the Enforcement Directorate came after Arvind Kejriwal was regularly skipping their summons adding that before the law, everybody is equal.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy filed a complaint with the Election Commission on Friday against Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge for his social media post alleging that the Congress leader has used derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Mi
The Enforcement Directorate arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi excise policy case on Thursday night, in which two senior AAP leaders are already in judicial custody.