Delhi Metro Closes Lok Kalyan Metro Station In View Of AAP Protest

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced the closure of Lok Kalyan Marg Metro Station in view of AAP’s protest on Friday, officials said.

The road is where the prime minister’s residence is. The transporter shut down the station, following the directions of the police. Earlier in the day, DMRC announced the closure of ITO Metro Station from 8 AM to 6 PM.
“On advice of Delhi Police, Lok Kalyan Marg Metro station will also remain closed in addition to ITO Metro station till further notice,” the DMRC posted on X.

Notably, the DMRC had earlier closed the ITO metro station due to ongoing protests by the Aam Aadmi Party.

Top AAP Leaders Protest Kejriwal’s Protest

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met the family of his Delhi counterpart and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and said the party stood rock solid behind him.

Mann, addressing a press conference, called Kejriwal a patriot and added that he will emerge from this episode as a bigger leader. Kejriwal is not just an individual but an idea, he said.

The INDIA bloc stands strong in this hour and in the coming days, “we will meet EC (Election Commission) and hold joint events,” he said. Condemning the BJP, he said it was scared of the AAP and Kejriwal.

The Punjab chief minister lashed at the BJP and the prime minister, alleging they were pursuing “dictatorship” and did not want any opposition leader to campaign for the Lok Sabha polls.

“Where is democracy in this country? In Russia, Vladimir Putin got 88 per cent votes. They are following Putin’s path,” Mann said, referring to the recent presidential poll in Russia. Mann said he will continue to attend the meetings of the opposition bloc INDIA as he used to do along with Kejriwal in the past.

“It’s an illusion of the BJP that they can derail the AAP through the arrest of Kejriwal. Crores of Kejriwal have been born in the country in the last 10 years,” he said. The AAP is no longer a small party and it has grown to be a national party with governments in Punjab and Delhi as well as MPs and MLAs in many states, he said.

(With inputs from agencies)