AAP convenor and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was detained by Delhi Police on Saturday after he stepped out to protest over the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) row.
Kejriwal, along with other AAP leaders, was detained minutes after posting a “Challo Dilli” message on X, urging people to join the protest.
He also alleged that the government was trying to suppress questions over electoral irregularities. “Across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have created a state of ‘tana shahi’. There are police and paramilitary forces everywhere, and people are not being allowed to leave their homes. I will step out of my house now, and you will see police personnel everywhere. “But the people of this country will not let that happen. The youth of the country have stood up. “The youth of the country are very angry. To everyone listening to me, I want to appeal to the youth of the country: all of us must come together to save the country.
Speaking to reporters before he was detained, Kejriwal criticised the security measures in the national capital, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah of creating an atmosphere of “tana shahi” (authoritarian rule). People are being stopped and detained on the roads, and no one is being allowed to go anywhere,” Kejriwal said. He alleged that the security measures were linked to allegations of electoral malpractice, claiming that the Prime Minister had been “caught red-handed” and was trying to suppress the issue. Wherever you are, step out of your homes right now,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: “The government is misbehaving with us,” Banerjee said in a video statement from inside the police bus.
Earlier reporting noted: The Trinamool Congress chief was detained along with several of her party MPs from South Avenue in central Delhi, where she sat on a protest at a bus stand after being stopped by police. Today, leaders of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), including Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, along with Dhruv Rathee and Ratna Singh, have been arrested,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: Former Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Kerala Chief Minister were detained on Saturday as she tried to join the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest in the Capital.
