In a major setback to AAP, Delhi chief minister and party's top leader Arvind Kejriwal was remanded to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for six days till March 28.
A local court has given the decision of sending Arvind to remand of Enforcement Directorate (ED), which was seeking 10-day remand.
The Delhi CM was arrested on Thursday night in connection with money laundering case linked to the liquor policy. Protesting the arrest of Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders will gherao Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence on March 26 to protest against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's arrest, said AAP leader Gopal Rai.
After Kejriwal was sent to ED custody, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said it is Arvind Kejriwal today, it can be someone else tomorrow. “This [BJP] government will spare no one… The world is supporting Arvind Kejriwal. And when things like this happen at a global scale, revolutions happen and governments are overturned. The countdown of the central government has begun on 21 March… BJP supporters are also coming to us and saying, all was fine till now, but this has become a little too much.”
On the AAP's call to gherao PM Modi's residence in Delhi, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said the people of Delhi are not even discussing them. “If no one has come today, then who is going to come after 2-4 days?… The people of Delhi are not even discussing them,” he said.
Meanwhile a delegation of the INDIA bloc met Election Commission officials over the ED arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, “We had a detailed discussion with the Election Commission. We told them that this is a very serious issue, and is not just about a specific person or party. This is a broader issue because it is concerned with the basic structure of the Constitution. The basic structure states that if any constitutional amendment is against the basic structure, then that amendment can be declared unconstitutional.”
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