New Delhi: AAP leaders and workers will observe mass fasting at Jantar Mantar at 11:00am on Sunday to protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

 Arvind Kejriwal’s supporters throughout India and abroad will participate in mass fasting or Samuhik upavas observed by the party said AAP leader Gopal Raj. People can observe the fast at their homes and support the Delhi Chief Minister, he said.

All AAP MLAs, office-bearers will gather at Jantar Mantar for the mass fasting at 11 am. Security has been increased along the roads leading to the protest site as the police prepare for a huge gathering. Traffic may also be hit in parts of central Delhi due to heavy barricading.

AAP has maintained that there will be no change in the leadership, even if that means Mr Kerjriwal functions as the Chief Minister from the prison. Kejriwal’s arrest has also brought together the Opposition bloc, which was making more headlines recently over its differences than its unity.

In a show of strength, the INDIA alliance held a mega rally in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan last Sunday, accusing the BJP of decimating the Opposition through the Central investigative agencies. Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 in the alleged liquor policy scam after he skipped nine central agency summons, and has been running his government from the ED lock-up since then.