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Kejriwal spends the night on street, threatens to flood Rajpath with protesters

New Delhi: On the second day of his protest, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday upped the ante, threatening to flood Rajpath, the venue of Republic Day celebrations, with lakhs of supporters demanding action

PTI Published : Jan 21, 2014 10:26 IST, Updated : Jan 21, 2014 13:06 IST
On being asked about the Republic Day celebrations which will get disrupted due to AAP's ongoing dharna, Kejriwal said, "This is the real Republic'.

A number of cabinet ministers also slept on the road.

Kejriwal threatened that "If the demands are not met then lakhs of our supporters will come to Rajpath. They (the Centre) must listen to the people."

Attacking the Home Minister, he said he will not shift to Jantar Mantar as requested by the police and the Centre will have to accept his demand for action against the policemen who had refused to act against the alleged drug and prostitution racket.

"Have the people of Delhi given them the right to make decisions for them? No. They have given me the right. How can Shinde ask me where to sit? I will tell him where to sit," he said.

The Chief Minister also accused the police of harassing his supporters at the protest venue and said the area has been turned into a jail.

"They have turned this small area into a jail. There are not toilets here. I was using a toilet at Rail Bhavan here on Monday. Today they have even closed that. We had arranged a public toilet somehow yesterday which they did not allow to bring here. They are even not allowing food to be brought here.

"I had to go to the barricade myself to bring the tea inside. The people protesting here are not Pakistanis or Americans. They are our own people. Where will the women go for using a toilet? Has Shinde announced a war against the people?," he said.
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