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India opposition members detained after arrest of Delhi leader Kejriwal

NEW DELHI, March 22 (Reuters) – Dozens of members of the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were detained by police in New Delhi on Friday as they gathered in protest against the arrest of their leader for graft, weeks before India holds general elections. India’s financial crime agency arrested Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of the national capital territory of Delhi on Thursday in connection with graft allegations relating to the city’s liquor policy. Kejriwal’s arrest, less than a month before India begins voting on April 19, is a setback for AAP and the larger opposition alliance of which he

Atishi, Saurabh Bhardwaj detained amid AAP protests arrest of Kejriwal

New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including Delhi Ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi, were detained by the Delhi police during the party protest against the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday. “We will state before the Supreme Court that Arvind Kejriwal should be allowed to meet his lawyer and family and also allowed to carry out his official work. Kejriwal’s family has been put under house arrest,” Saurabh Bharadwaj said. The AAP held a protest at the ITO in the national capital against CM Kejriwal’s arrest by ED in the excise policy case. In

Pharmacy firm gave BJP Rs 25 cr in electoral bonds after director’s arrest in excise policy case: Bharadwaj

New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Senior AAP leader and Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday claimed that a pharmacy firm paid Rs 25 crore to the BJP through electoral bonds after its director was arrested in the excise policy case. Addressing a press conference here, Bharadwaj also said that there was a threat to the life of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the excise policy-linked money laundering case on Thursday night. “It is being repeatedly said that there is threat to the life of Kejriwal who has been arrested without any evidence,”

Supreme Court to take up Kejriwal’s plea against arrest soon

New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court will take up Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest by the ED (Enforcement Directorate) soon in an excise policy-linked money laundering case. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud. The CJI asked Singhvi to mention his plea before a bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna. Singhvi then rushed to Justice Khanna’s court and mentioned the matter. Justice Khanna said Kejriwal’s plea would be heard by a three-judge bench which

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