Celebrations erupt at AAP office as Kejriwal gets bail

New Delhi: Celebrations erupted outside the AAP headquarters here on Friday after the Supreme Court granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case lodged by the CBI in connection with the excise policy ‘scam’. Several AAP leaders and workers gathered outside the party headquarters and distributed sweets and burst crackers to celebrate the release of their party supremo.

Meanwhile, outside the chief minister’s residence, Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, along with senior AAP leaders and workers, also distributed sweets as party supporters raised slogans like “Aa gaye bhai aa gaye, Kejriwal aa gaye” and “jail ke taale toot gaye, Kejriwal chooth gaye”.

Senior AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Atishi, Sanjay Singh and his wife Anita were also present at the spot. “BJP’s plans have

been foiled. They wanted to put opposition leaders behind the bars to stay in power,” Sunita Kejriwal told reporters.

AAP demanded that the BJP should apologise to the country for keeping a “staunchly honest” leader like Arvind Kejriwal in jail, and said the Supreme Court order granting him bail in the excise policy case has exposed the BJP’s “lies”

The bail order comes almost three and a half months after the Delhi chief minister surrendered on June 2, ahead of the Lok Sabha poll results.

Several AAP workers were also seen dancing to the beats of ‘dhols’ outside the AAP headquarters, where Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj also reached to join the celebrations. Cabinet minister Gopal Rai, who was also present at the occasion, called the event a “big victory for our party and a loss for dictatorship”.

Sweets were also distributed outside senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s

residence.

Sunita congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to her husband and wished for the release of other leaders lodged in Tihar jail.

Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain is in jail in connection with a separate money laundering case of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). “Congratulations to AAP family! Kudos for staying strong. Wishing also the soonest release of our other leaders,” Sunita said in a post on X.