Kejriwal stages dharna near Sheila Dikshit's residence

December 07, 2012 11:43

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and scores of people staged a sit-in near Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence on Friday morning to protest against demolition of buildings in a south Delhi locality and demanded that they be given an audience with her.

Over 100 people started gathering at Ms Dikshit's Motilal Nehru Marg residence at 7 am while Kejriwal joined them an hour later to protest demolition of their houses in Shaheenbagh.

A large number of police personnel were deployed at the spot to avoid any untoward incident.Police barricaded one side of road from Janpath side which has the entry gate to Dikshit's residence.

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