'Unlawful, decay of democracy', From Shashi Tharoor to MK Stalin, opposition slams BJP over Arvind Kejriwal's ED arrest

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Arvind Kejriwal's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in an excise policy-linked money laundering case on Thursday, calling it 'violative of the spirit of democracy". Congress leader Shashi Tharoor called upon to take suo moto cognizance of Kejriwal's arrest by the ED in excise policy case. “The court has every right to take imminent action against anything that has a material effect on the elections…," he told ANI. He also said, “This is fundamentally violative of the political rights of every Indian citizen...

At 11 am, there will be a march to the Raj Bhawan…" Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin also took to his social media handle X to react over the arrest of the Delhi CM and said that the "fascist BJP" government has sunk to despicable depths by arresting Arvind Kejriwal and that the relentless persecution of opposition leaders by the BJP government smacks of a desperate witch-hunt. "Ahead of #Elections2024, driven by fear of a decade of failures and the imminent defeat, the fascist BJP government sinks to despicable depths by arresting Hon'ble Delhi CM @ArvindKejriwal, following the unjust targeting of @HemantSorenJMM. Not a single BJP leader faces scrutiny or arrest, laying bare their abuse of power and the decay of democracy," posted Stalin on X.

Delhi Minister Gopal Rai on Friday reached CM Kejriwal's residence to meet his family who has been put under house arrest. “Under which law, I am being stopped from meeting his family?" the AAP leader asked. BRS working president K T Rama Rao has also condemned the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal in an excise policy case, alleging that the arrest was "unlawful".