Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has been detained by the Delhi Police as she, along with a group of women, reached the former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence with water that they had earlier collected from the Yamuna River.
"Along with thousands of women from eastern region, I am going outside the house of Yamuna's son Arvind Kejriwal to give him water of Yamuna to drink and make him take a dip. Kejriwal ji don't panic," Maliwal had said in a post on X.
Maliwal along with the women while walking towards the AAP national convener's house also raised slogans of "Arvind Kejriwal get out of your house".
The AAP MP was also seen pouring Yamuna water on Arvind Kejriwal's cut out along with the women outside his residence. "Yamuna river has transformed into a drain because of Arvind Kejriwal. I have come here with thousands of Purvanchali women and the situation here is so bad that the stench has made it difficult for us to stand here," she said.
"The Purvanchali women are going with me to Arvind Kejriwal's residence and what to ask him, where did the Rs 7500 crores allotted for cleaning the river go? We are all going to Arvind Kejriwal's residence to challenge him to come face us and see the black water we have collected from the river for him to see and take a dip in it, and if possible, drink it too," Maliwal added.
Swati Maliwal detained for dumping garbage outside Kejriwal's residence
Last week, Maliwal was detained after she dumped three mini-truckloads of garbage outside the residence of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in protest. This came after Maliwal visited Vikaspuri, where she claimed that the streets were choked with waste, posing severe health and hygiene issues for residents.
Maliwal, along with a group of supporters, collected the garbage in three mini trucks and headed to Kejriwal's residence at 5, Ferozeshah Road.
Maliwal has had a strained relationship with AAP and Kejriwal since last year when she alleged that she was misbehaved with at his residence by his personal secretary.