New Delhi: AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal is likely to remain at Tihar Jail till Friday, the day of the next hearing. AAP activists later staged protests and a candlelight vigil outside the prison.
Earlier, Mr Kejriwal had apologised to the people for quitting the Delhi government midway and sought fresh elections. Only a day before he was trying to form government with Congress help. That fell through as the Congress refused support.
Appearing in court in the defamation case, Mr Kejriwal refused to submit a bail bond. Metropolitan magistrate Gomati Manocha said, “When you are representing the AAP, behave like an aam aadmi. Let the procedure be the same for everyone. Is there a problem in furnishing bail? What you are asking for is differential treatment.”
Mr Kejriwal said it was a political case, and he hadn’t committed any crime
