BJP to hold counter-protests against Kejriwal’s arrest to demand his resignation

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to organize a "mega march" in the national capital demanding the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday. 

Led by Delhi BJP Chief Virendra Sachdeva, the counter-protest will proceed from the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium to the Delhi Secretariat on Tuesday, a day after Holi celebrations, according to media reports.

On Saturday, Sachdeva along with MPs Manoj Tiwari and Harsh Vardhan and several other leaders staged a dharna at Rajghat demanding the resignation of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

BJP workers also burned effigies of Delhi CM on Sunday in a symbolic ‘Holika dahan of corruption’ and demanded his resignation.

Following Kejriwal's arrest, the saffron party has consistently asked for his resignation. However, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has maintained that Kejriwal will continue to serve as Delhi's Chief Minister, even if he has to function from within the jail. 

Meanwhile, the INDIA bloc has announced plans for a ‘maha rally’ at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on March 31 to protest against Kejriwal's arrest.

BJP has intensified its attack on AAP following Kejriwal’s arrest. Vardhan said that the BJP had taken a pledge at Rajghat that they would continue to “protest against the corruption of the Kejriwal government” and now the result is before everyone, reported Hindustan Times.

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari also took a jibe at Kejriwal, saying, “gangs run from jail, not governments”, and questioned the legitimacy of governing while in custody. 

Kejriwal issued his first government directive post his arrest on Sunday. He is the first-ever serving chief minister to have been arrested. Earlier, Hemant Soren, former chief minister of Jharkhand, had submitted his resignation moments ahead of his arrest. 

AAP's national convenor was arrested last week on Thursday by Enforcement Directorate for his alleged involvement in the corruption case, where he was accused of favoring certain alcohol dealers and using unlawful money to fund Goa and Punjab state elections.

He has been remanded in ED custody until March 28 by a trial court for interrogation regarding alleged irregularities in the liquor scam.