Delhi Chief Minister and AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal filed a petition within the Rouse Avenue courtroom on Thursday, requesting a rise within the variety of permitted authorized conferences per week. His plea seeks to boost the variety of ‘mulaqats‘ to five times a week from the current allowance of two.

In his plea, Kejriwal stated that he is facing multiple FIRs in various states, requiring a significant amount of legal work. He argued that the number of meetings should be increased to accommodate this workload.

The court has requested a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Tihar Jail authorities regarding this matter.

During a press conference earlier today, Sunita Kejriwal relayed a message from husband Arvind Kejriwal to all party MLAs, asking them to discuss the problems of the state’s individuals and resolve them.

“Just as a result of I’m in jail, the individuals of Delhi shouldn’t endure in any method. Every MLA ought to go to their space every single day and talk about individuals’s issues and type them out,” Sunita Kejriwal conveyed, while reading out her husband’s message.

On Thursday, the authorities at Tihar Jail said that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann can meet his Delhi counterpart, but only as a regular visitor in the ‘mulakat jangla’.

The ‘mulakat jangla’ is a room inside the jail with an iron mesh that separates the inmate from the visitor. By sitting on different sides of the mesh, a visitor and an inmate can talk to each other.

Despite Mann’s request for a meeting inside the prison, the interaction will occur through the mesh, with necessary security arrangements made due to Mann’s Z+ security cover. The Punjab CMO has sought time and requested the Tihar administration to make necessary arrangements for the meeting.

Delhi CM Kejriwal, lodged in jail number 2, has listed five names, including his wife, children, personal secretary, and AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, whom he can meet in jail. He will have to add Mann’s name to the list, as per jail protocol. Currently, Kejriwal is meeting his lawyer daily and had a video conference with his wife and children on April 2.

(With inputs from PTI)