Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched a blistering attack on the BJP, calling the house arrest of AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and Delhi Minister Imran Hussain “an assault on democracy” and “BJP’s hooliganism.” The leaders were confined to the Circuit House in Srinagar as they prepared to protest against the detention of AAP’s lone J&K MLA Mehraj Malik, who has been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA).

Kejriwal released a video that captured the dramatic standoff: former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah was stopped by police from meeting Singh and Hussain, while Sanjay Singh was seen desperately climbing the steel gates of the Circuit House in protest.

“Watch this video! Farooq Abdullah Ji came to meet our MP, but police stopped him. Sanjay Singh is under house arrest. The voices of people are being crushed, opposition leaders jailed. BJP has turned to outright hooliganism,” Kejriwal wrote on X in Hindi.

AAP accused the BJP-led Centre of deliberately muzzling dissent, calling the detention “a blatant suppression of democratic rights.” “We were stopped from holding a press conference and a peaceful protest for the people of J&K. This fear-driven action shows how much the ruling establishment dreads accountability,” the party said in a statement.

The party vowed to continue its fight: “No force can silence us. We will fight for the people’s rights in J&K with greater determination.”