{"id":9854,"date":"2026-04-28T15:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/arvind-kejriwal-kejriwal-pays-tribute-to-mahatma-gandhi-at-rajghat-reiterates-satyagraha-stand-in-excise-policy-case-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:05:13","slug":"arvind-kejriwal-kejriwal-pays-tribute-to-mahatma-gandhi-at-rajghat-reiterates-satyagraha-stand-in-excise-policy-case-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/arvind-kejriwal-kejriwal-pays-tribute-to-mahatma-gandhi-at-rajghat-reiterates-satyagraha-stand-in-excise-policy-case-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Arvind Kejriwal: Kejriwal pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, reiterates \u2018satyagraha\u2019 stand in excise policy case | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130575206,imgsize-1343129,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/photo-credit-pti.jpg\" alt=\"Kejriwal pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, reiterates \u2018satyagraha\u2019 stand in excise policy case\" title=\"Photo credit: PTI\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aam-aadmi-party\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Aam Aadmi Party<\/a> national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday visited Rajghat in the national capital and paid tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mahatma-gandhi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mahatma Gandhi<\/a>.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/> He was accompanied by former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, leader of opposition Atishi and other party leaders, amid his announcement of a boycott in proceedings related to the Delhi Excise Policy case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The development comes after Kejriwal on Monday said that he would neither appear in person nor be represented by a lawyer in the Delhi high court proceedings linked to the case, alleging bias and conflict of interest. Speaking to reporters, he said he respects the judiciary and the legal system, noting his earlier relief from courts. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cIt is a matter related to the court. We respect the courts and the legal system of our country because the judiciary acquitted us and also granted us bail. <!-- -->I am having to do this \u2018satyagrah\u2019 due to some circumstances which have emerged now. I have expressed these circumstances in my letter to the judge,\u201d he said, news agency PTI reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The former Delhi chief minister also cited alleged ideological bias and conflict of interest, claiming the judge had links with organisations associated with RSS ideology and pointing to the involvement of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in the case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Earlier, senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia also wrote to Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma stating he would not be represented by any lawyer in the matter. \u201cFrom my side as well, no lawyer will appear. The future of your children is in the hands of Tushar Mehta ji. In such a situation, I do not expect justice from you. I have no option left except Satyagraha,\u201d Sisodia said in his letter, according to party sources.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/kejriwal-pays-tribute-to-mahatma-gandhi-at-rajghat-reiterates-satyagraha-stand-in-excise-policy-case\/articleshow\/130575184.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday visited Rajghat in the national capital and paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. He was accompanied by former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, leader of opposition Atishi and other party leaders, amid his announcement of a boycott in proceedings related to the Delhi Excise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-country"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}