AAP Staff Detained In Srinagar, Jammu Throughout Protests In opposition to Kejriwal’s Arrest – Kashmir Observer

Srinagar/Jammu, Mar 22 (PTI) A number of employees of the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) had been detained in Srinagar and Jammu on Friday as they tried to take out a protest march in opposition to the arrest of their occasion’s nationwide convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

In Srinagar, scores of AAP employees assembled close to the Press Enclave to protest in opposition to Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi on Thursday evening.

As quickly because the occasion members tried to take out the march, police dispersed them and detained a number of protestors, officers mentioned.

Talking to reporters, Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) chief Nawab Nasir mentioned Kejriwal’s arrest was in opposition to the democratic norms.

“This can be a battle for democracy and we’ll in the end win this,” he mentioned.

Nasir added that Kejriwal is an ideology which can’t be arrested.

“We wish to inform (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi that his dictatorship won’t work. Kejriwal is an concept, an ideology. You’ll be able to arrest him however you can’t arrest his concepts,” the AAP chief mentioned earlier than being whisked by police.

Many AAP employees had been additionally detained in Jammu as they tried to march in direction of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) headquarters to stage a protest.

Over 200 AAP employees and leaders took out a protest march in direction of the BJP headquarters in Trikuta Nagar in Jammu. Carrying AAP flags, they raised anti-BJP and anti-government slogans.

Nevertheless, the police didn’t enable them to maneuver in direction of the BJP workplace and detained a number of employees halfway.

“We’re protesting in opposition to the arrest of our chief Arvind Kejriwal. We’re with him. We’ll battle for him on the streets of India,” AAP chief Surinder Singh Shringari instructed reporters earlier than being detained by the police.

Shringari added that the BJP-led Centre is making an attempt to “homicide democracy” and “silence the voice of opposition resulting from concern of defeat”.

He added that the BJP is afraid of the recognition of Kejriwal and his occasion and, due to this fact, he has been arrested simply weeks earlier than the elections.

The ED has arrested Kejriwal in a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the scrapped Delhi excise coverage 2021-22. 

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