Delhi unit AAP convener Gopal Rai on Friday announced that the AAP will not celebrate Holi this year and will gherao the Prime Ministers residence on March 26 to register its protest against Arvind Kejriwals arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Addressing a press conference here, Rai alleged that MLAs and councillors of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were stopped from meeting the family members of the Delhi chief minister, who was arrested by the ED in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case on Thursday. Workers and leaders were detained throughout the day. The whole country is sad and angered by Kejriwals arrest. At 10 am on Saturday, all AAP MLAs, councillors, office-bearers, INDIA bloc representatives will take a pledge to save democracy. We will gather at the Shaheedi Park on Saturday, the martyrdrom day of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, the Delhi minister said. He added that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will also attend the programme. On March 24, effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be burnt in all Assembly constituencies. On the day of Holi on March 25, we will not organise any programme and on March 26, we will gherao the prime ministers residence, Rai said. He said a joint movement against the AAP national convenors arrest will be announced soon after discussions among the INDIA bloc constituents.

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