Kejriwal's dharna enters day 5: AAP to launch door-to-door campaign

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his three cabinet colleagues continued their sit-in protest at Lt Governor Anil Baijal's office for the fifth straight day on Friday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced that he will launch a door-to-door campaign after Sunday if the Centre continues to be mute on their demands. Kejriwal, in a video released from the Lt Governor's office, asked the party workers to do a similar campaign like the one they did over electricity bills.

Kejriwal today wrote a fresh letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to end the IAS officers' "strike" even as he hit out at his detractors, saying the sit-in was "not for personal gains" but for greater good of the people of Delhi.

After four ambulances and a group of doctors and paramedical staff suddenly arrived at LG House on Friday afternoon, CM Arvind Kejriwal suspected forceful eviction from LG House where he along with three ministers is on a sit-in since Monday evening. Two of the ministers are on indefinite fast. "Both of them are fit," Kejriwal said on Twitter.

Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has launched a social media campaign with the hashtag #ModijiForgiveDelhi.

Kejriwal, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, public works department minister Satyender Jain and development minister Gopal Rai have camped at Raj Niwas since Monday, refusing to leave until Baijal orders Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers posted in the Delhi government to call off their alleged strike.

AAP government wants L-G Anil Baijal to fulfil a trio of demands: First, end the IAS officers' 'strike'. Second, take "exemplary" action against officers who've "stalled work". Third, approve doorstep delivery of rations.

His two ministers Satyendar Jain and Manish Sisodia is also sitting on an indefinite hunger strike.

The three mayors of Delhi on Thursday said they would stage a protest at the doorstep of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's office if the AAP government did not release the funds "due to the civic bodies".

The mayors - Adesh Gupta (North Delhi), Narendra Chawla (South Delhi) and Bipin Bihari Singh (East Delhi) - held a joint press conference at the civic centre, at a time when Kejriwal and his three ministers continued their sit-in at the lieutenant governor's office for the fourth day on Thursday.

Meanwhile, BJP has also launched a counter-protest at the CM's office.

Last night, BJP MLA Vijender Gupta (the leader of the Opposition in the Delhi assembly) and rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra slept in the Delhi secretariat, where Kejriwal's office is located.