The Delhi Police on Friday detained over 120 BJP Councillors from outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence where they were staging a protest. They were demanding the release of funds for salaries of the striking sanitation workers.
The agitating group was led by Subhash Arya, a senior BJP Councillor, who demanded the release of the municipal funds as per the Fourth Delhi Finance Commission (FDFC). The police had to forcibly remove the agitators who were taken to Civil Lines and Maurice Nagar police stations. The protest came in the wake of a week-long strike by sanitation workers of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) who did not receive their salaries for the last few months.