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INDIA bloc obtained consent from the Election Fee (EC) and police to place a rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Sunday.
The INDIA bloc obtained consent from the Election Fee (EC) and police to place a rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Sunday (March 31) in opposition to the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
It’ll be eminent here, Arvind Kejriwal became arrested closing week in connection with a money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy scam.
The Sources in the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) named among the leaders who are inclined to back the rally.
Leaders collectively with Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Trichy Shiva, Derek O’Brian, Tejaswi Yadav, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Farooq Abdullah, Dipankar Bhattarcharya, Champai Soren, G Devaraja, Kalpana Soren and Bhagwant Maan are expected to participate in the protests.
AAP has obtained nod from the concerned authorities for holding rally for an attendance of additional than 20,000 people, Gopal Rai acknowledged.
The Delhi Police acknowledged of their witness of permission that the match will happen on Sunday from 9.30 am to 2 pm.
Arvind Kejriwal arrested
Arvind Kejriwal became arrested by the ED for his alleged involvement in the liquor policy scam. This became the first case where a sitting Chief Minister became arrested. The Delhi high court on Wednesday (March 27) denied interim reduction to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who’s in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate as the court handiest issued notices regarding the CM’s plea and posted the subject for further hearing on April 3.
Allegations and authorized actions
Beforehand, Kejriwal had approached the high court to annul all court cases, collectively with several summons, issued in opposition to him. He faces accusations of corruption and money laundering associated to the formula and implementation of Delhi’s excise policy for 2021-22, therefore revoked. Particularly, Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh are already below judicial custody in the identical case.
The ED’s allegations dispute that the accused collaborated with Kejriwal in devising the excise policy, which allegedly offered undue advantages to them in swap for kickbacks to the AAP.
The arrest sparked political turmoil, with AAP leaders and supporters attempting to march towards the High Minister’s situation. Within the interim, the BJP staged counter-protests disturbing Kejriwal’s resignation.
Despite being in ED custody, Kejriwal issued directives to Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj to address medication and diagnostic take a look at shortages at mohalla clinics and hospitals in the metropolis. This became the 2d directive issued by the executive minister while in ED custody.
Safety measures had been intensified all over the nationwide capital, with police deployments round key locations. Roughly 100 people, collectively with AAP leaders and Punjab minister Harjot Singh Bains, had been detained all the map via the protests, handiest to be later released.
The BJP moreover staged protests discontinuance to Delhi Secretariat, ensuing in detentions and the exercise of water cannons by police to disperse the group.
(With inputs from agencies)
