NEW DELHI: Delhi’s youngest chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has refused any negotiation on the ongoing protest on its second day. He made clear that if police tries to evict him forecefully, he will call his supporters to join him and lakhs of people will fill the area.
His statement came after the Government toughened its stand against the protest by the CM and his council of ministers and MLAs who demand Delhi Police be brought under the Delhi government.
Delhi Police had pleaded to shift the protest venue to nearly Jantar Mantar area in view of the Republic Day celebrations. Army needs to take control of the area to prepare for the celebrations, less than a week away.
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Encouraged by a spectacular debut in Delhi Assembly elections, and the subsequent rush by people including eminent personalities from all fields to join the party across the nation, AAP aims to contest in 400 seats out of 543. Elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, the lower House of the Indian Parliament, may begin from mid-April.
