Protest to demand removal of Khurshid from Cabinet
Social activist Arvind Kejriwal and his supporters were on Friday detained by the Delhi Police while they were trying to take out a march from Janpath to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s residence, seeking Union Minister Salman Khurshid’s removal from the Cabinet and his arrest over allegations of irregularities in an NGO run by him and his wife.
The India Against Corruption activists were stopped at the Rajpath crossing, where they sat on dharna. While Mr. Kejriwal and some others were taken to Bawana in police vehicles, the others were taken to the Parliament Street police station.
However, “Mr. Kejriwal and other IAC activists have decided not to leave the makeshift jail in Bawana until Mr. Khurshid is removed from his post for alleged financial irregularities in his Trust. Mr. Kejriwal along with his associates Gopal Rai, Manish Sisodia and other activists took out a march along with physically challenged persons who were protesting the embezzlement of funds by the NGO run by Mr. Khurshid and his wife,” said an IAC spokesperson.
The Union Minister has already dismissed the allegations as baseless.
Mr. Kejriwal alleged that both the Minister and his wife were influential people and they could tamper with evidence. “They were detained and taken to various police stations. While Mr. Gopal Rai was taken to the Parliament Street police station along with some supporters, Mr. Kejriwal and Mr. Sisodia were taken to the makeshift jail at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Bawana. Later, Mr. Gopal Rai was also taken to Bawana,” said the IAC member, alleging that some women activists were manhandled by the police. The allegation was refuted by the police.
“IAC had joined the march taken out by the Rashtriya Viklang Party in support of its demands. Similar protests were held in Farukkhabad, Lucknow, Amritsar, Patna, Bhopal, Dehra Dun, Indore, Jaipur, Raipur, Ludhiana, Bangalore, Mumbai and Chennai,” added the spokesperson.
That is great, Police have foiled a major and dangerous attack by Mr.
Kejriwal. I am sure there could be some foreign hand behind Mr.
Kejriwal. I am sure the authorities will get promotions and other benefits.
What happened to democracy?
what an irony.our law minister is setting an example for breaching of
law.first incident was when EC complaint against him and now to say the
least corruption charges.i am sure that like Robert Vadra ,nothing is
going to happen against him.people and media have short memories.they
will forget it to.if not forget then they will be foce to forget it by
another scam or by some meagre reforms.are we living in democracy?
Another award winning performance from our so called police.i always
thought that police works like a servant for our country's people but
today i realised the actual servant.instead of lodging an FIR against
salman khurshid ,police have detained physically challenged people.what
a pity.
I don't see Kolkata is taking part in any IAC mission....
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