Monday, 25 November 2024
Monday, 25 November 2024
Top leaders of Aam Aadmi Party gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi for a day-long fast to protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister and the party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal. Similar protests were being held in other states as well as by Indians abroad, including at Harvard Square in Boston, the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles, outside the Indian Embassy in Washington DC, in New York Times Square and Toronto, London and Melbourne among others, party leaders said.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh addresses party workers during party's day-long 'samuhik upvas' in protest against the arrest of party leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. Many senior AAP leaders, including Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, Deputy Speaker Rakhi Bila, ministers Atishi, Gopal Rai and Imran Hussain attended the day-long 'Samuhik Upwas' at Jantar Mantar in the national capital from 11 am.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had given the call for a nationwide collective fast today against the arrest of the Delhi chief minister. Kejriwal, who is also the AAP national convener, was arrested last month by the Enforcement Directorate in an excise policy-linked money laundering case.
In Pune and other cities Maharashtra also, the AAP workers staged the day-long protest at public places. In cities like Pune, some leaders of the opposition Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) also joined the AAP's protest.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and several AAP ministers and MLAs gathered at Khatkar Kalan in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district for a day-long fast to protest the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Khatkar Kalan is the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
AAP workers during party's day-long 'samuhik upvas' in protest against the arrest of party leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, in Calcutta.
Supporters during AAP's day-long 'samuhik upvas' in protest against the arrest of party leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi.
