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Thousands of volunteers and supports from a myriad of opposition parties gathered at Ramlila Maidan in central Delhi in a show of support for Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with alleged irregularities in the Capitals excise policy 2021-22, and former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, arrested in a money laundering case pertaining to an alleged land scam.T)..
The protesters demanded that the two leaders be released, and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government of disrupting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, and of being dictators..
Members and supporters of various opposition parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Congress, the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD), the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and the National Conference started gathering at the venue at around 9 am, raising slogans such as Inquilab Zindabad and Hum Sab Kejriwal, and holding up props to show their party affiliation..
Singh and his friends sat near the music system where AAP members from Delhi and Punjab sang Punjabi songs, calling ED cheaters for arresting Kejriwal..
Failure of todays rally has marked the beginning of the end of AAP in Delhi, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said..
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