Arvind Kejriwal's arrest: Rahul Gandhi assures legal help, INDIA bloc comes out in support; all you need to know
ANI. Rahul Gandhi will try to meet Arvind Kejriwal and his family on Friday, March 22, and provide legal help, sources informed ANI. The Delhi CM had filed a plea before the Delhi High Court on March 21 after being served nine summons to appear before the ED for a probe in the liquor policy case.
The court refused to grant him interim protection, and hence, the AAP convener was arrested yesterday evening from his residence. Later, Arvind Kejriwal was taken to the Enforcement Directorate headquarters while a medical team arrived at the ED office. Arvind Kejriwal's arrest came as a shock to many, as AAP workers and leaders rallied behind their leader.
Meanwhile, not just the Congress but the entire INDIA bloc also extended their support for the AAP leader. However, BJP leaders claimed “truth had to prevail" while extending their support to the ED's actions against the Delhi Chief Minister. Education Minister of Delhi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on March 21 urged the BJP to stop using the Enforcement Directorate as a 'political tool' to prevent the AAP convener from contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Atishi said that the party had approached the Supreme Court to quash Delhi CM's arrest and had sought an urgent hearing. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Atishi stated, "We have moved the Supreme Court to quash the arrest of Delhi CM @ArvindKejriwal by ED. We have asked for an urgent hearing by the Supreme Court tonight itself." While mentioning the arrests of two opposition Chief Ministers and the freezing of a bank account of the Congress party, Atishi said, “Today, the BJP is murdering democracy.
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