New Delhi:
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was produced within the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi at this time. Probe company Enforcement Directorate is anticipated to request for a 10-day custody. Earlier, AAP ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj had been detained by the police in the course of the occasion’s protest in opposition to Mr Kejriwal’s arrest final night time by the Enforcement Directorate within the Delhi liquor coverage case.
AAP employees started their protest at Delhi’s ITO, the place safety has been stepped up. Paramilitary personnel in riot gear have been deployed to quell any protests. All roads resulting in AAP’s workplace in Delhi have been blocked.Mr Kejriwal has withdrawn a Supreme Court petition in opposition to his arrest, sources instructed NDTV. The chief minister will now strategy a decrease court docket over his arrest on Thursday night time by a 12-member workforce of the probe company which reached his official residence with a search warrant.
The probe company has begun its first spherical of questioning the chief minister. After his arrest, the AAP stated Mr Kejriwal will proceed because the chief minister and discharge his duties from jail. “Arvind Kejriwal is and can stay the Chief Minister of Delhi… there aren’t any two methods about it,” stated AAP chief Atishi. The chief minister was summoned 9 occasions by the probe company however repeatedly refused to seem earlier than it, calling the summons unlawful.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has left the ED workplace in Delhi and can be produced on the Rouse Avenue Court shortly. The probe company will probably demand a ten day custody of the chief.
#WATCH | Chennai: On ED arresting Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Union Minister Anurag Thakur says, “… They are saying that Arvind Kejriwal will run the federal government from the jail. This is an insult to the folks of Delhi, regulation and democracy… It is unlucky {that a} political occasion… pic.twitter.com/d2CFjfOM2g
– ANI (@ANI) March 22, 2024
BREAKING: Arvind Kejriwal To Be Produced In Court At 2.30 PM
The Delhi Chief Minister can be taken to Rouse Avenue Court at 2.30 pm. Security has been stepped up across the court docket and protesters have been eliminated.
Top sources within the Enforcement Directorate have stated that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal can be produced in Rouse Avenue Court not by way of video conferencing. The chief can be taken to court docket by prime officers of the Delhi Police as soon as the protests by AAP employees are cleared.
#WATCH | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: On ED arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor says, “I name upon Supreme Court to take Suo Moto cognizance on what has occurred… What has occurred is violative of the spirit of democracy… The court docket has each proper to… pic.twitter.com/zr7ghZlhqf
– ANI (@ANI) March 22, 2024
#WATCH | Srinagar, J&Ok: On ED arresting Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, National Conference chief Omar Abdullah says, “This just isn’t the primary one. Before this, just a few weeks in the past, our buddy, the chief minister of Jharkhand, was additionally detained. He went to Raj Bhavan and submitted his… pic.twitter.com/EsTYTaKjCi
– ANI (@ANI) March 22, 2024
Arvind Kejriwal withdraws petition in opposition to arrest from Supreme Court, will go to a decrease court docket
BREAKING: Anna Hazare Speaks On Arvind Kejriwal’s Arrest
Anna Hazare stated he wrote letters to Arvind Kejriwal condemning the Delhi liquor coverage. “Arvind Kejriwal protested in opposition to alcohol consumption with me. I used to be damage to see him kind a brand new liquor coverage for Delhi. That’s how politics works. The regulation will take its course,” he stated.
“Today, our INDIA alliance will meet the EC to precise our robust objection to the deliberate focusing on and arrests of opposition leaders, significantly in the course of the MCC interval. To this finish, I’ve designated @derekobrienmp and @MdNadimulHaque6 to signify @AITCofficial on this essential assembly with the Election Commission,” Mamata Banerjee stated.
I vehemently condemn the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, the sitting elected Chief Minister of Delhi elected by the folks. I’ve personally reached out to Smt Sunita Kejriwal to increase my unwavering help and solidarity. It’s outrageous that whereas elected opposition CMs are being…
– Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 22, 2024
“Today, our INDIA alliance will meet the EC to precise our robust objection to the deliberate focusing on and arrests of opposition leaders, significantly in the course of the MCC interval. To this finish, I’ve designated @derekobrienmp and @MdNadimulHaque6 to signify @AITCofficial on this essential assembly with the Election Commission,” Mamata Banerjee stated.
I vehemently condemn the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, the sitting elected Chief Minister of Delhi elected by the folks. I’ve personally reached out to Smt Sunita Kejriwal to increase my unwavering help and solidarity. It’s outrageous that whereas elected opposition CMs are being…
– Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 22, 2024
The Delhi BJP on Friday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party for protesting in opposition to the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. “He himself skipped 9 Enforcement Directorate summonses. He will now need to reply the ED as a result of he was concerned in corruption that’s the reason he has been arrested,” Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva stated.
“Scam Only On Paper”: INDIA Ally Sanjay Raut On Arvind Kejriwal’s Arrest
“This liquor rip-off, this rip-off, that rip-off is just on paper thus far, this rip-off has not gone to anybody’s account. This is going on in India and wherever the states go in opposition to dictatorship, that is the way it occurs. Arvind Kejriwal ji has fought an excellent battle,” Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut.
Mr Kejriwal’s plea can be heard by a particular bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Bela Trivedi and MM Sundresh at this time. The Delhi Chief Minister can also be anticipated to be produced earlier than a particular Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court docket whereas the ED might search a 10-day custody for additional interrogation.
BREAKING: Delhi Police Detains AAP Protesters At Delhi’s ITO
The Delhi Police has began detaining AAP employees protesting at ITO.
BREAKING: AAP Begins Protest In Delhi
Aam Aadmi Party employees attain ITO intersection in giant numbers. Heavy police deployment outdoors Rouse Avenue Court, PM House, Home Minister’s House, BJP Headquarters, LG House, ED Headquarters.
भारत के लोकतंत्र के इतिहास में पहली बार:
☝🏽 एक Sitting Chief Minister को केंद्र सरकार द्वारा गिरफ्तार किया गया है
☝🏽National occasion के National Convenor को गिरफ्तार करना☝🏽 एक ऐसी Investigation में गिरफ्तार करना, जिसमें दो साल की जांच के बाद भी ₹1 की Recovery of proceeds of… pic.twitter.com/iTeRsufhk5
– AAP (@AamAadmiParty) March 22, 2024
The AAP chief claimed that the blessings and love of 135 crore Indians are with Arvind Kejriwal, who, as per the Chadha, “was arrested underneath a conspiracy.”
The Enforcement Directorate arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in reference to the Delhi excise coverage case on Thursday night time, wherein two senior AAP leaders are already in judicial custody.
केजरीवाल सिर्फ़ एक व्यक्ति का नहीं, बल्कि एक सोच का नाम है।
केजरीवाल के शरीर को तो गिरफ़्तार कर लोगे, उनकी सोच को नहीं कर पाओगे। pic.twitter.com/ciZCUaaP5x
– Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) March 22, 2024
Kapil Sibal, Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate, feedback on the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
• Sibal urges the INDIA Alliance to take motion collectively in opposition to such occurrences.
• He dismisses the case in opposition to Kejriwal as “zero,” missing substantial proof.
• Sibal criticizes the reliance on approvers’ statements, stating the absence of concrete proof.
• He denounces the state of affairs as a mockery of democracy.
#WATCH | Delhi: On ED arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Rajya Sabha MP and Senior advocate Kapil Sibal says, “INDIA Alliance has to determine what to do. I’ve been saying for the reason that starting that the alliance has to return collectively in opposition to all of this… This is a zero case… The… pic.twitter.com/YaNWHKgZ8H
– ANI (@ANI) March 22, 2024
Probe company ED may also title the Aam Aadmi Party as an accused within the Delhi liquor coverage case. During the bail listening to of Manish Sisodia within the Supreme Court, the court docket additionally requested that if the money went to the Aam Aadmi Party, why not make it an accused.
BREAKING: First Round Of Arvind Kejriwal’s Questioning Begins At ED Office
The Enforcement Directorate has begun the primary spherical of questioning of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The questioning can be recorded on cameras contained in the ED workplace.
AAP chief Gopal Rai alleges Arvind Kejriwal’s household has been placed underneath “home arrest”. Mr Rai stated he was not allowed to satisfy Mr Kejriwal’s household.
Delhi Police on Friday morning stepped up safety with heavy personnel deployment and multi-layer barricading on roads resulting in BJP headquarters the place AAP leaders and employees will stage protest in opposition to the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Paramilitary personnel in anti-riot gears have have additionally been deployed to keep up regulation and order state of affairs within the space.
Sources within the AAP stated all Delhi MLAs and councillors have been requested to mobilise folks at BJP headquarters and the occasion expects that a lot of folks could be out on the streets to protest the arrest of Kejriwal.
According to a senior police officer, directions have been issued to detain the protestors as Section 144 has been imposed outdoors BJP headquarters and ED workplace.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Rakhi Birla was detained for protesting outdoors the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
“For the primary time within the nation, a sitting Chief Minister has been arrested. Arvind Kejriwal has Z+ safety cowl. Now he’s within the custody of ED of central authorities. We are involved about his security and safety,” AAP’s Atishi stated.
देश में पहली बार एक sitting Chief Minister को गिरफ़्तार किया गया है। अरविंद केजरीवाल के पास Z+ safety cowl होता है। अब वो केंद्र सरकार की ED की कस्टडी में हैं। हमें उनके security और safety की चिंता है।
– Atishi (@AtishiAAP) March 22, 2024
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On 22.03.2024, Due to Special preparations, Traffic might stay affected on Krishna Menon Marg, Motilal Nehru Marg, Janpath, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Road.Commuters are suggested to keep away from these stretches until additional discover.– Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) March 22, 2024
Delhi chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is being held in one of many two lockups on the Enforcement Directorate headquarters in Delhi. Officials stated that the chief was unable to sleep correctly at night time and wakened early at this time. He ate breakfast and took his medicines.
The ITO Metro station of the Delhi Metro will stay closed from 8 am to six pm at this time
Service Update
On recommendation of Delhi Police, ITO Metro station will stay closed from 08:00 AM to 06:00 PM at this time i.e, twenty second March 2024.
– Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) March 22, 2024
A workforce of medical doctors have arrived on the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi to conduct the medical examination of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday. Security has been stepped up across the ED workplace in addition to the AAP and BJP headquarters within the nationwide capital.
The Aam Aadmi Party in Mumbai accuses police of “high-handedness” whereas protesting the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. AAP’s Maharashtra president Preeti Sharma Menon stated their employees had been shoved, crushed and punched and girls employees had been detained within the night time.
“Unbelievable police brutality at this time. @AAPMumbai was dragged, crushed, punched whereas protesting in opposition to the illegal arrest of Arvind Kejriwal by Modi’s ED,” Menon tweeted.
He & Anna Hazare gang had been chargeable for making most irresponsible, baseless & wild allegations in opposition to Congress together with Sheila Dikshit ji saying he had ‘trunk masses’ of proof in opposition to her. No one has seen the ‘trunk’ thus far. Karma catches up! #KejriwalArrestedhttps://t.co/9W1sbFlEDo
– Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) March 21, 2024
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest has firmly introduced collectively the INDIA bloc, which has been making headlines just lately extra for its variations than its unity. Minutes after the arrest, posts from key leaders throughout the Opposition flooded social media, criticising the Centre and the BJP in no unsure phrases. That the BJP is working scared forward of the Lok Sabha election was the first thought. Many declared that the folks will reply to this with their votes.
Roads resulting in AAP’s headquarters in Delhi’s Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg have been blocked. Entry of any automobiles have been prohibited.
Strongly condemn the illegal arrest of Delhi CM #ArvindKejriwal Ji
The ED and the CBI have develop into the chief devices of repression within the palms of BJP. Political opponents are focused on unsubstantiated grounds & political vendetta is their sole goal
– KTR (@KTRBRS) March 21, 2024
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will meet Arvind Kejriwal’s household at this time and guarantee them of his help following the Delhi Chief Minister’s arrest on Thursday. The Congress chief has talked to the household over pone final night time.
“This is an try and homicide democracy. Neither CBI nor ED has acquired even a single penny within the 2 12 months investigation. Yet simply earlier than the elections, the CM is arrested. Because the Prime Minister is aware of that if there’s any chief who can problem him then it’s Arvind Kejriwal. If you need to battle, then come ahead and battle. Stop preventing by hiding behind ED. Our battle will proceed from the streets to the Parliament. We have filed an software within the Supreme Court, the listening to is tomorrow morning. We hope that the Supreme Court will work to avoid wasting democracy.”
ये लोकतंत्र की हत्या करने का प्रयास हुआ है।
2 साल की जाँच में एक पैसा भी, ना CBI को मिला है, ना ED को मिला है। फिर भी चुनाव से ठीक पहले, CM @ArvindKejriwal को गिरफ़्तार कर लिया जाता है।
क्योंकि प्रधानमंत्री @NarendraModi जी को पता है कि कोई नेता है जो उन्हें Challenge कर सकता… pic.twitter.com/VHBM5ehgQR
– AAP (@AamAadmiParty) March 21, 2024