The IAC activists, led by Kejriwal, and Rashtriya Vikalang Party supporters sat on a dharna in front of the police station, refusing to budge till union minister Salman Khurshid resigned over allegations that an NGO run by him and his wife had misappropriated funds meant for the disabled. As darkness descended, they were settling in for the night, ready for the crowds that Sunday may bring.
The police seem to be in no mood to disrupt the 500 odd protesters unless there is some big provocation. So, no action was expected at night.
"We will sit here till Khurshid resigns," said Kejriwal, standing atop a car, in front of the police station. "Khurshid should be removed from the cabinet and he, along with his wife, should be arrested for misappropriation of funds meant for the welfare of disabled people," he said.
Earlier, around 11.30 am, after Kejriwal was released along with his associates Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai and other supporters, Kejriwal tweeted urging the youth to join them at Parliament Street to fight the "corrupt empire". He invoked the examples of Bhagat Singh and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
Kejriwal said the police had been extremely harsh on the activists and had beaten up some of those who were were detained at Bawana. "One of our supporters was picked up and beaten very badly in a police vehicle late last night. Two other supporters who were kept at Parliament Street police station were threatened by the police that they would be beaten up at night," he alleged.
He reiterated his allegations against Khurshid and his wife, Louise, before the crowd. "The government releases funds for the disabled which is distributed among several NGOs. Khurshid and his wife, who run an NGO called the Zakir Hussain Trust, also received central government funds and promised to use it for distribution of aids and equipment for the disabled in 17 zillas of Uttar Pradesh. But in 10 out of 17 zillas, nothing was distributed. On top of that, they forged the signatures of government officials to prove that the work was done. KK Dikshit of the Vikalanga Party exposed the case through a Right To Information (RTI) petition."
Kejriwal also took on the BJP, taunting it by saying that it was only copying IAC and making statements that the IAC had already made. "They are accusing us of politicizing the issue. Yes we are doing politics. They are doing corrupt politics and we, anti-corruption politics. Where is BJP? Congress and BJP are looting the country together. They are saying that we are Team B to BJP, but they are both team B to us. BJP has been copying us on everything. We campaigned against the power tariff, they also did so. We exposed Vadra, they also started talking about him. Now we asked for Khurshid's resignation and they did the same," he said.
The protesters spent the day shouting slogans and singing nationalistic songs. When Kejriwal addressed the crowd again around 6 PM, he reacted to Louise's statements on TV in which she had said that the allegations were baseless. "She has alleged that the CAG report is a draft and not final. If the draft is like this, then what will the final report look like? The allegations against her are not just on the basis of the CAG report but a UP government inquiry. What does she have to say about that inquiry? When the government was given the inquiry report in June, she was served a show-cause notice. Till date she hasn't responded to it. And now we are being questioned for proof. What proof do they want," he asked.
Kejriwal also commented on the government's decision to hike the power tariff: "Laws are made by Sheila Dikshit, Reliance and Tata. The common man doesn't make laws. The laws favour companies and loot us. To break such laws is our responsibility. If you want to change the system, you have to break laws," he said, urging people not to pay electricity bills.
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