Kejriwal arrest: BJP leaders stage protest demanding resignation of Delhi CM
Kejriwal arrest: Delhi BJP workers led by the party’s state chief Virendra Sachdeva staged a protest near the AAP headquarters on Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Marg in Delhi on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the alleged excise scam.
At the protest, police deployed water cannons against BJP workers who attempted to breach the barricades.
Among those present at the protest site were Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhur, Kapil Mishra, and Shazia Ilmi.
Meanwhile, BJP leaders including Kapil Mishra and Ramvir Singh Bidhuri slammed Arvind Kejriwal and seek his resignation as Delhi Chief Minister.
BJP leader Kapil Mishra said, "The kind of statement the High Court made yesterday, never before such remark was made against any CM by any court...After that Arvind Kejriwal should leave the chair; the High Court said that he (Arvind Kejriwal) is involved in corruption and also stated that by hiding behind the CM's position, he wanted to escape from the probe which cannot happen..."
Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said, "Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal should resign from the position of CM, a government cannot be run from jail as the protocols of jail do not allow that. If Arvind Kejriwal does not accord his resignation letter, then the law will take its own course."
The protest unfolded a day after the rejection of Kejriwal's plea against his arrest by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday.
Subsequently, on Wednesday, the Delhi Court dismissed another plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, which sought an increase in the number of legal meetings with his lawyers from two to five times a week.
Through the plea, Kejriwal stated that as he is facing multiple FIRs in various states, a lot of legal work takes place and hence the number of meetings should be increased.
The Aam Aadmi Party's National Convenor was arrested on March 21 for alleged misdoings in the now-scrapped Delhi Excise policy case under an ongoing money laundering probe by the ED.
The case pertains to alleged irregularities and money laundering in framing and implementing the Delhi excise policy case 2022, which was later scrapped.
(With inputs from agencies)
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