New Delhi, March 23 -- Some former AAP leaders, who fell out of favour with party supremo Arvind Kejriwal over the years, came out in his support on Friday, claiming that a sitting Chief Minister's arrest before the Lok Sabha elections "without evidence" is akin to "murder of democracy".

However, former Tourism Minister in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government, who is now a vice-president in the Delhi BJP, Kapil Mishra described Kejriwal's arrest as a "joyous day" for the residents of the national Capital. Political activist and founder of Swaraj India Yogendra Yadav, who was removed from the AAP in 2015 by its disciplinary committee, termed Kejriwal's arrest as "unjust".

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