The Aam Aadmi Get together headquarters in Delhi has been fully sealed, asserted AAP minister, Atishi, on Saturday. She said that the occasion intends to deliver this subject to the eye of the Election Fee. Via a put up on X platform, she raised issues concerning the closure of the occasion workplace, arguing that it contradicts the precept of making certain truthful competitors in elections as assured by the Structure.
“Aam Aadmi Get together workplace has been sealed off from all sides. How can entry to a nationwide occasion workplace be stopped through the Lok Sabha election? That is in opposition to the ‘degree taking part in discipline’ promised within the Indian Structure.” the Delhi minister stated in her put up.
Aam Aadmi Get together workplace has been sealed off from all sides. How can entry to a nationwide occasion workplace be stopped through the Lok Sabha election? This in opposition to the ‘degree taking part in discipline’ promised within the Indian Structure.
We’re looking for time with the Election Fee to… pic.twitter.com/wf9VdittvW
— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) March 23, 2024
One other AAP chief, Saurabh Bharadwaj additionally claimed that the Union authorities has ceased all entry to the occasion headquarters. “We are going to strategy EC. The Central authorities has closed all entry to AAP head workplace at ITO, that too in Mannequin Code of Conduct,” he wrote in a put up on X.
Within the midst of AAP’s claims, a senior Delhi Police officer clarified that the occasion workplace hasn’t been sealed. As an alternative, barricades had been erected following a name from senior leaders for a gathering after paying respects at Shaheedi Park in ITO, reported The Indian Specific.
Throughout press convention, Bharadwaj emphasised the need for the Election Fee to operate impartially and implement rigorous measures in opposition to regulation enforcement officers. Moreover, he highlighted that on Friday, AAP leaders and supporters staged an illustration on the BJP headquarters close to the occasion’s workplace at DDU Marg, near ITO in central Delhi, protesting the detention of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Bharadwaj asserted that two ministers, himself and Atishi, had been barred from accessing the occasion’s premises. He questioned the legality of sealing a nationwide occasion’s workplace throughout elections. Moreover, he alleged that police obstructed Atishi’s automobile en path to her residence. Atishi shared a video on X, depicting her confrontation with a Delhi Police officer whereas some AAP leaders staged a protest by mendacity on the street after being halted by regulation enforcement.
Saurabh Bharadwaj, Durgesh Pathak, Adil Khan and myself had been heading peacefully to my residence. After seeing us within the automotive, @DelhiPolice stopped our automotive.
What sort of a dictatorship is that this? Now opposition leaders gained’t be allowed of their occasion workplace? Now we gained’t be allowed… https://t.co/1uy6ulCUa5
— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) March 23, 2024
Accusing the police of barricading the AAP workplace and obstructing occasion officers’ entry, Bharadwaj introduced intentions to lodge a criticism with the Election Fee relating to the incident. He claimed that the AAP workplace was fully barricaded on Friday, stopping entry for anybody.
Arvind Kejriwal was remanded to Enforcement Directorate custody till March 28 after his arrest by the company on Thursday in reference to a money-laundering case related to the defunct excise coverage of the Delhi authorities.
