Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal returns to Tihar after interim bail ends

Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday surrendered himself at the city's Tihar Jail after the interim bail granted to him by the Supreme Court came to an end. The Aam Aadmi Party chief was granted relief to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections for his party.

"I am going back to jail not because I was involved in corruption but because I raised voice against dictatorship," Kejriwal said in an address to AAP leaders and workers at the party office, before his surrender. The AAP supremo also paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at the Raj Ghat and offered prayers at the Hanuman temple in Connaught Place before turning himself in.

To add to his problems, Delhi's Rouse Avenue court on Sunday ruled that Kejriwal would be in judicial custody till June 5, in an ongoing case filed by the Enforcement Directorate.


"I was given a 21-day (relief) by the Supreme Court. These 21 days were unforgettable. I did not waste even a minute. I campaigned for saving the country. The AAP is not important, it is secondary. The country comes first," the Delhi CM added, asserting that the exit poll predictions of a third term for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance were "fake."

"They are not forming government on June 4. These exit polls are mind games to drive you into depression," Kejriwal said.

Exit polls on Saturday predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to retain power for a third straight term, with the NDA expected to win between 360-400 seats in the Lok Sabha.