Farm laws: AAP leaders, Delhi deputy CM stage protest against Arvind Kejriwal’s alleged house arrest
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday alleged that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been under house arrest since his meeting with the farmers protesting against the Centre’s agricultural laws at the Singhu border on Monday. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and several other AAP members began a protest outside Kejriwal’s residence later in the day.
The Delhi Police, however, have denied placing any restrictions on the chief minister.
“BJP’s [Bharatiya Janata Party] Delhi Police has put CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest ever since he visited farmers at Singhu Border yesterday [Monday],” AAP said in a tweet in the morning. “No one has been permitted to leave or enter his residence.”
The party also tweeted a video showing policemen outside Kejriwal’s residence. “At the behest of the central government, Delhi Police has surrounded the Chief Minister’s residence from all sides,” the party alleged. “The BJP is furious because Kejriwal supported the farmers.”
AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj had said during a press briefing in the morning that the police beat up the party’s MLAs when they went to meet Kejriwal on Monday. “They were thrown on the road,” Bharadwaj said.
