AAP leaders storm social media with 'IndiaWithKejriwal' hashtag

Aam Aadmi Party leaders and MLAs on Friday started a hashtag campaign "IStandWithKejriwal" and "IndiaWithKejriwal" on social media platform X to garner support for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a connection with an excise policy-linked money laundering case.

AAP's allies in the INDIA bloc have also extended support to the party's national convener and condemned his arrest. Hashtags such as 'DeshKejriwalKeSathHain' and 'ArvindKejriwalArrested' are among the top five trends in India on X so far.

Many AAP leaders, including Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kailash Gahlot, Durgesh Pathak, Shelly Oberoi, Jasmine Shah, and Sanjeev Jha used the hashtag "IStandWithKejriwal" and "IndiaWithKejriwal" in their posts on X. Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, who was detained by police, posted a video on X from Alipur Police Station of him and several other AAP workers singing 'mera rang de basanti chola'. In a separate post, he wrote "the prison of any dictator is not strong enough to imprison democracy for long," sharing a poster with "IStandWithKejriwal" written on it.