The party said the arrests of key leaders like Arvind Kejriwal, K Kavitha and others from various political parties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, clearly indicates the malicious political motives of the BJP to gain mileage in the elections.
Reacting to Kejriwal's arrest, he said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have become the chief instruments of repression in the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Sources said the AAP national convenor approached the top court seeking an urgent hearing of his petition after a high court division bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait refused to grant him interim protection.
The agency may arrest him or take him to its office in central Delhi for questioning, sources said, even though there was no official word on the agency's likely course of action.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal faces two new summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Delhi excise policy case and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) meter case.
On February 27, the ED had issued eighth summons to appear before it on March 4 to CM Kejriwal after he skipped seventh summons issued on February 22. Earlier, on February 19, the CM skipped the ED's sixth summon.
Kejriwal appeared before the court following a summons issued to him by the court based on two ED complaints in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva hit back at Kejriwal, accusing him of hurting the sentiments of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, and Christian refugees living in the country.
Citing eight summons issued to him, the AAP convener charged that the plan was prepared by the BJP to arrest him and topple his government by sending him to jail.
The Enforcement Directorate filed the complaint before the court on Wednesday, seeking prosecution of Kejriwal for skipping multiple summonses issued to him in the case.
