AAP, Congress workers protest across Gujarat

Leaders and party workers of the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress on Friday protested in many parts of Gujarat against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

While demonstrations were organised in major cities like Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat and Bhavnagar, police detained nearly 130 protesters, including AAP Gujarat president Isudan Gadhavi and party MLAs Umesh Makwana and Hemant Khava.

In Ahmedabad, AAP and Congress workers gathered near Lal Darwaja area and shouted slogans against the BJP government at the Centre, accusing it of framing Kejriwal in a false case. “There is absolutely no evidence against Kejriwal. First, they incarcerated Manish Sisodia and now Kejriwal out of political vendetta. ED officials who used to extort money from people through electoral bonds have arrested a popular CM,” said Gadhavi before he along with nearly 20 protestors were detained by the city police. In Surat, a group of workers and leaders of AAP and Congress were detained.