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Delhi Ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj with AAP staff stage a protest at ITO towards the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the ED on March 22, 2024. (PTI Picture/Ravi Choudhary)
The 2 ministers have been taken away in police buses as officers requested protesters on the ITO intersection, which is close to the AAP and BJP workplaces, to disperse in view of the prohibitory orders imposed within the space below part 144
Delhi Cupboard ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj have been detained right here on Friday as AAP leaders staged a protest towards the BJP over the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate within the excise coverage case.
The 2 ministers have been taken away in police buses as officers requested protesters on the ITO intersection, which is close to the AAP and BJP workplaces, to disperse in view of the prohibitory orders imposed within the space below part 144.
”I’ve been detained by Delhi Police whereas peacefully protesting at ITO. First, these individuals arrest the Chief Minister of Delhi in false circumstances, and now these collaborating in peaceable protests are additionally being arrested. If this isn’t the homicide of democracy, then what’s?,” Atishi posted on X.
At their protest at ITO, the AAP supporters raised slogans towards the BJP-led Centre authorities and demanded the discharge of their leaders. The police have erected barricades on the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg — the place the headquarters of each the events are positioned — and blocked it for site visitors. They’ve additionally raised a barricade on the street resulting in the BJP workplace from the AAP headquarters, a stone’s throw away from one another. They’re additionally checking the ID playing cards of these coming into the realm.
The AAP’s protest and the police response to it led to an enormous site visitors jam close to the ITO Chowk, Raj Ghat and Vikas Marg through the morning rush hours. The roads resulting in the ED workplace was additionally shut.
The Delhi site visitors police issued an advisory on X, ”In view of the proposed protest by political celebration at DDU Marg Delhi, site visitors will stay heavy at IP Marg, Vikas Marg, Minto Street and Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. DDU marg will stay closed for site visitors motion. Kindly keep away from these roads and plan your journey accordingly.”
Following Kejriwal’s arrest Thursday night, the AAP had given a nationwide name for protest towards the BJP. ”We demand instant launch of Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and different leaders of the celebration. They (probe companies) haven’t given any proof in court docket towards Sisodia. Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest simply earlier than the Lok Sabha polls exhibits that the federal government is petrified of the CM,” stated Shakuntala Pandey, a protestor.
