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AAP workers protesting outside Rajasthan BJP HQ caned by police
Aam Aadmi Party leaders and workers were lathi-charged on Friday outside the BJP state headquarters here while they were protesting the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and state BJP election in-charge Vinay Sahasrabuddhe were present inside the party's state office when the drama unfolded outside. The AAP workers marched to the local BJP headquarters marching from their party office in the Jyoti Nagar area. Police erected barricades on the route to stop the march and later resorted to caning the political party's workers.
Kejriwal must step down as Delhi CM, says BJP
The Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should step down from the post after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in an excise policy-linked money laundering case.
Kejriwal's arrest on Thursday night, the first of a sitting chief minister, came hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant protection to the Aam Aadmi Party national convenor from any coercive action by the agency.
"Kejriwal was arrested for his involvement in the excise scam. The allegations are serious. He must immediately step down as Delhi chief minister," Goa BJP spokesperson Yatish Naik said at a press conference. Refuting allegations that the ED was working at the behest of the ruling BJP, Naik said probe agencies are independent and work without any pressure from the government.