INDI Parties Stage Protest in Mumbai, Calls Kejriwal's Arrest 'Illegal' , 'Unjustified'

Mumbai: Opposition INDIA bloc parties std a protest in Mumbai on Friday against arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in an excise policy-linked money laundering case and called ED action "illegal" and "unjustified". Demonstrators held a 'satyagraha' (a form of n-violent resistance) at south Mumbai's Az Maidan and called for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s resounding defeat in upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

anti-BJP grouping consisting of more than two dozen parties reiterated commitment to ir united struggle against Modi government's "tyranny". Political workers cutting across party lines braved scorching heat to register ir protest against Kejriwal's arrest by Enforcement Directorate last week.

Kejriwal-led Aam Ami Party (AAP) is a constituent of INDIA, which was formed last year to take on BJP and Lok Sabha polls.

In attendance at protest site were Varsha Gaikw, Mumbai Congress president, Bhai Jagtap Congress MLC, Preeti Sharma-Men, AAP Mumbai chief, Rakhee Jhav, Mumbai he of NCP (Sharchandra Pawar), Vidya Chavan of NCP(SP), Shailendra Kamble of CPI-M, Samya Korde of Peasants and Workers Party of India and a few or leers of INDIA.

Sharma-Men said previous arrest of former Delhi ministers and AAP politicians Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain has disrupted work y were doing in education and healthcare fields, respectively.

"It is t Manish Sisodia who is in jail, it is education (portfolio held by him as deputy CM) in India that is in jail. It is t Satyendar Jain who is in jail, it is healthcare that is in jail. And it is t Arvind Kejriwal who is in jail, it is India's hope that has been imprisoned," she maintained.

AAP leer asserted Kejriwal's arrest has galvanized masses.

"This is t about Arvind Kejriwal or Aam Ami Party, it is people of India versus Narendra Modi. Kejriwal's arrest has galvanized Indian masses. INDIA parties will unitedly defeat BJP and end Modi's tyrannical rule. We will save our country, we will save our Constitution. We will prevail," said Sharma-Men.