The Delhi Assembly witnessed a pandemonium on Wednesday as ruling AAP MLAs resorted to protests and trooped into the Well of the House, raising slogans against the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, while the Opposition BJP MLAs launched a counter-protest, demanding Kejriwal's resignation.

As the Assembly proceedings began on Wednesday, AAP leaders stormed into the Well of the House raising “murdabad” slogans against the BJP-led Centre and demanding Kejriwal's release from the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody. The House was adjourned till April 1 amid the sloganeering. The House was adjourned twice and is scheduled to resume at 11am on April 1.The session, the first one to be held after Kejriwal's arrest in the Delhi excise policy case, was called to take up a discussion on the shortage of medicines in hospitals and mohalla clinics in the city.

The Assembly sitting was scheduled to begin at 11am but began at 11.30 due to protests by the AAP legislators, and it was adjourned for 15 minutes as soon as it convened. The House resumed at 11.50am but soon the AAP MLAs trooped into the well of the House.Speaker Ram Niwas Goel made repeated appeals to the MLAs to let the House function. However, it went unheard. Later, the Speaker adjourned the sitting of the House till April 1. “The assembly session has been called for the first time after the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, so definitely they will raise a voice against his arrest,” said AAP Minister Gopal Rai.

Earlier, the BJP MLAs held a demonstration demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the ED in an excise policy-linked money laundering case, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators and their supporters raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Before the commencement of the Assembly proceedings , the BJP MLAs congregated at the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the premises where they protestedInterestingly, both parties -AAP and BJP staged their protests simultaneously. As the BJP legislators took out a march carrying placards, clad in yellow T-shirts and sporting “Kejriwal” masks, AAP MLAs arrived at the Delhi Assembly premises to mark their protest against the party supremo's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case.

According to Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri , Kejriwal should resign as the chief minister. Bidhuri said while Kejriwal currently faces charges in one case, investigations are ongoing in numerous others, necessitating his accountability for multiple alleged scams. He asserted that resignation remains the only viable recourse in such circumstances.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Delhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj, symbolically took their social media campaign to the Assembly as they came dressed in yellow T-shirts with slogans, such as “Mai bhi Kejriwal” and “Modi ka sabse bada dar Kejriwal”, printed on those.

“All AAP MLAs are protesting against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's illegal arrest. Efforts are being made to do away with democracy in the country. For the first time in India's history, a sitting chief minister has been arrested and that too just before the national (Lok Sabha) election,” Atishi told reporters during the protest.

The AAP launched a social media campaign on Monday, with its leaders changing their display pictures to one depicting Kejriwal behind bars, along with the caption — “Modi ka sabse bada dar Kejriwal (Kejriwal is Modi's biggest fear)”.

On the other hand, the BJP MLAs held a demonstration demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the ED in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators and their supporters raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said Kejriwal should resign as chief minister.

“The chief minister should resign from his post. There are almost a dozen allegations of corruption against him. If the excise policy was world class, why did he take it back? We are demanding Kejriwal's resignation,” Bidhuri said.