Arvind Kejriwal walks out of jail with 'courage, morale increased 100 times'

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Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal walked out of Tihar Jail on Friday evening, hours after he was granted bail in the corruption case lodged by the CBI in connection with the excise policy 'scam'...

He was accompanied by his wife Sunita Kejriwal, and senior AAP leaders, including Manish Sisodia, Atishi, Sanjay Singh, Bhagwant Mann and others...

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan granted relief to Kejriwal, but barred him from visiting the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) or signing any official documents.. . Arvind Kejriwal addressing AAP workers outside Tihar jail..

Meanwhile, the BJP, expressing its discontent with Kejriwal's bail, said that the Chief Minister should immediately resign from his post as the Supreme Court has granted him only conditional bail and that he continues to be an accused in the liquor policy case...

He should immediately resign after this," BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said.. Hitting out at the BJP, AAP demanded that the ruling party should apologise to the country for keeping a "staunchly honest" leader like Arvind Kejriwal in jail..

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