Lok Sabha polls top updates: AAP observes mass fast against Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest

The Aam Aadmi Party leaders on Sunday observed a day-long fast to protest the arrest of the party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi excise policy case. The Bharatiya Janata Party called the move a “political farce”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, meanwhile, reiterated his statement that the Congress’ manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections appeared “as if it was the manifesto of Muslim League”.

Here’s a look at today’s top developments:

• The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday held a mass fast in protest against the arrest of Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate. Speaking at the gathering at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, party leader Sanjay Singh, who is out on bail in the same case, said: “Kejriwal was, is, and will remain honest.” He also said that out of the 456 witnesses that the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation have in the case, “only four witnesses have taken the name of Arvind Kejriwal”, reported India Today. “Under what circumstances and pressure did they take the name of Arvind Kejriwal?” asked Singh.

• In Punjab, the party leader and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and several ministers gathered at Khatkar Kalan in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Mann said at the...

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