Arvind Kejriwal Arrest LIVE: ‘INDIA’ stands united against this, says Sharad Pawar

After his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has been taken to the ED workplace after 11 pm on Thursday.

BJP leaders on Thursday supported the ED motion to arrest Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal within the Delhi excise coverage case and mentioned “reality needed to prevail”.

Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva mentioned Arvind Kejriwal has been constantly making excuses within the liquor coverage rip-off since 2020-21 “and the type of political theatrics he was doing has been put to an finish as we speak”.

“At this time, lastly, the reality triumphed and I imagine that the conspiracy hatched by Arvind Kejriwal and his authorities to push the youth into alcoholism was certain to consequence on this. The reality needed to prevail and Arvind Kejriwal needed to be punished for his sins,” Sachdeva mentioned.

Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin tweets, “Forward of Elections 2024, pushed by worry of a decade of failures and the upcoming defeat, the Fascist BJP Govt sinks to despicable depths by arresting Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal…Not a single BJP chief faces scrutiny or arrest, laying naked their abuse of energy and the decay of democracy.”

On the arrest of Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Social gathering nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad says, “This can be a technique of legislation which is being performed with a view to taking applicable motion in opposition to corruption… We’ll solely say that allow the legislation take its course….”

“Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal suffered the identical destiny {that a} corrupt particular person faces. Irrespective of what number of methods a corrupt particular person does, he at all times comes beneath the clutches of the legislation. After the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, the individuals of Delhi will lastly get justice. Individuals are celebrating his arrest. The one that grew to become a crusader of corruption, has now been arrested in a corruption case,” says BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal by ED.

“The arbitrary arrest of one more CM by ED reeks of political vendetta & rising authoritarianism. This cowardly act has uncovered fears of the ruling occasion now resorting to determined measures by manipulating elections even earlier than they’re held. Historical past has proven that tyranny by no means prevails within the face of unified resistance. We won’t be intimidated,” posts PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti on X.

On the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says, “Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest is very objectionable. This motion is a part of the hassle to close down the opposition voices on the stage of the election course of. This exhibits the cowardice of those that worry the democratic course of.”

Delhi Congress Chief Arvinder Singh Pretty says, “They (BJP) are doing this sort of factor as they’re afraid of the elections… Congress’ accounts have been seized, Hemant Soren was arrested and as we speak in Delhi, simply earlier than the elections, the arrest has been performed. Utilizing the businesses is shameful. We need to make this clear that Congress won’t be afraid of all these items and we are going to strongly struggle the elections. AAP is the associate of the alliance (INDIA alliance), we’re strongly standing with them and we assist them…”

Congress chief Sandeep Dikshit says, “… What’s this fashion of reaching somebody’s home to arrest them? Be it freezing Congress’ accounts, arresting Hemant Soren, or arresting Arvind Kejriwal, ED is simply relating it to the elections. There is no such thing as a different clarification. We condemn this motion… You can not kill a democratic occasion proper earlier than the elections… I’ve seen many raids in my life, however no raid is carried out at evening. ED may have referred to as him for investigation…”

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Thursday termed the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as “finish of democracy” within the nation and hit out on the Centre for “scripting the arrest” in the identical trend as of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren over a month in the past.

The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) however termed it one other milestone in direction of corruption-free India.

Kejriwal, 55, the primary of a sitting chief minister, was arrested by the ED on Thursday evening in an excise policy-linked cash laundering case hours after the Delhi Excessive Court docket refused to grant safety to the AAP nationwide convenor from any coercive motion by the company.

Protests erupted outdoors Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on Thursday evening after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in an excise policy-linked cash laundering case.

The Delhi Police has detained round two dozen Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) employees, together with MLAs, who have been attempting to dam the highway close to the chief minister’s residence.

Social gathering leaders and employees began gathering within the space whereas the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was questioning Kejriwal at his residence.

The BJP demanded Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s rapid resignation after he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an excise policy-linked cash laundering case.

“At this time each citizen of Delhi is glad that the chief minister, implicated in allegations of corruption, has lastly been arrested,” Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva instructed reporters.

“The arrest of Arvind Kejriwal is the defeat of corruption. Kejriwal ought to resign instantly,” he mentioned.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned on Thursday, “The boastful BJP, which makes false claims of victory day-after-day, is attempting to weaken the opposition by all means and unlawful means earlier than the elections. If there was actual confidence of victory then the accounts of the principle opposition occasion – Congress Social gathering wouldn’t have been frozen by misusing the constitutional establishments. Leaders of opposition events will not be focused proper earlier than the elections. The reality is that BJP is already fearful of the upcoming election outcomes and in panic is creating all types of issues for the opposition. It is time for change! This time…out of energy!!”

Goa Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) president Amit Palekar on Thursday hit out on the BJP over the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate and mentioned the motion is supposed to cease him from campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Palekar mentioned Kejriwal’s arrest in an excise policy-linked cash laundering case is nothing however an act of political vendetta and exhibits the BJP fears dropping the Lok Sabha polls.

“Shocked by the information of the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Coming laborious on the heels of the crippling freeze on Congress financial institution accounts, it’s clear {that a} systematic effort is on to subvert Indian democracy throughout our normal elections,” tweets Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.

BJP chief Shehzad Poonwalla says, “… The individuals of Delhi had voted you into energy to make higher ‘paathshala’ however you opened a ‘madhushala’. When motion is being taken in opposition to this corruption with the nod of the court docket, if you skipped 9 summons of the ED, you continue to play the sufferer card. The SC has traced a cash path of ₹338 crore… Strolling within the footsteps of Lalu Prasad Yadav, he didn’t cooperate with the investigation and now talks about operating the federal government from jail…”

Congress MP Deepender Hooda says, “The working model of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering authorities of focusing on all of the opposition leaders of the nation by misusing authorities businesses will not be new. In the previous couple of years, efforts have been made to crush all of the robust opposition voices within the nation. There is no such thing as a such occasion left within the opposition, there is no such thing as a such robust chief left within the opposition who will not be the goal of the BJP authorities and I see this motion in the identical context. I see it as unlucky however not stunning…”

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav tweets, “Those that are themselves imprisoned within the worry of defeat What’s going to ‘they’ do by imprisoning another person? BJP is aware of that it’ll not come to energy once more, resulting from this worry, it needs to take away the opposition leaders from the general public by any means on the time of elections, arrest is simply an excuse. This arrest will give delivery to a brand new individuals’s revolution.”

CPI-M Basic Secretary Sitaram Yechury tweets, “Strongly condemn the arrest of Delhi CM, Shri Arvind Kejriwal by the ED. It’s the second sitting CM of the INDIA bloc to be arrested. Clearly, Modi and the BJP are in panic over individuals’s rejection within the ongoing elections. All opposition leaders who defected and joined the BJP are protected and patronised. They’re the ‘Satya Harishchandras’! These arrests will solely cement individuals’s want to defeat BJP, defend democracy and Indian Structure.”

Former Chattisgarh CM and Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel tweets, “Those that don’t be a part of BJP will go to jail. Dictatorship is at its peak. Keep in mind, ego is God’s meals. We’re all united in opposition to dictatorship.”

I stand in solidarity with Arvind Kejriwal ji. That is one more politically motivated arrest by the ED on the behest of the BJP Authorities to suppress the voice of the opposition & undermine the citizens at giant. We’re resilient and united in our struggle for constitutional democracy.

AAP strikes the Supreme Court docket for quashing the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal by ED. AAP has requested for an pressing listening to by the Supreme Court docket tonight itself.

A scared dictator needs to create a lifeless democracy.

Whereas capturing all of the establishments together with the media, breaking apart the events, extorting cash from corporations, freezing the account of the principle opposition occasion was not sufficient for the ‘devilish energy’, now the arrest of the elected Chief Ministers has additionally change into a typical factor.

INDIA will give a befitting reply to this.

TMC chief Kunal Ghosh says, “That is vindictive politics forward of Lok Sabha elections. BJP is aware of it’s dropping from each state that’s the reason it’s focusing on non-BJP events and leaders and pressuring them by utilizing Central Companies…”