“They stopped us and claimed that we were violating the model code of conduct. I told them that none of our vehicles is carrying stickers or any symbol of our party. So we were allowed to go,” Kejriwal said.
But police had a different version. “He was not detained. Since the election dates are announced, we just wanted to make sure that he follows the model code of conduct and take due permission. Thus, we took him to police station to brief him about the same,” Parikshita Rathod, Patan district superintendent of police told PTI.
Kejriwal was heckled at some places by protesters who showed black flags and shouted slogans that AAP is “anti-Narmada” and called him an “agent of Congress”. AAP has fielded NBA leader Medha Patkar from North East Mumbai.
Kejriwal, on his route from Ahmedabad city to North Gujarat on the first day of his four-day tour, interacted with villagers, visited government hospitals in backward areas and addressed small gatherings where he urged people to reject BJP and Congress.
After visiting a few villages in North Gujarat, he said that “no evidence of development is to be seen”.
“Gujarat government and the media says there is ‘Ramrajya' in this state. (They say) Education has developed, health issues have been resolved, corruption has been finished...So we have come here to see that development in Gujarat,” he had said on his arrival at the city airport this morning.
