Hours after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was released from Delhi’s Tihar Jail. He was arrested in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.

Workers and leaders of his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had gathered outside the prison complex to welcome their leader.

Kejriwal left from Tihar in his convoy, accompanied by his wife Sunita Kejriwal, his daughter Harshita and AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak.

Upon his release, standing through the sunroof of a car, Kejriwal then addressed AAP workers and supporters amid slogans of ‘Jail Ke Tale Toot Gaye, Kejriwalji Chhoot Gaye’.

Beginning with slogans of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Inquilab Zindabad’, the Delhi chief minister said, “I am fighting against dictatorship with all my might but 140 crore people (of the country) will have to come together to fight against it.”

He further said that he would visit the Hanuman temple at Connaught Place at 11 am on Saturday and address a press conference at the AAP office at 1 pm.

“I am feeling great to be with you. I had told you that I would come out soon… First of all, I want to pay obeisance to Lord Hanuman. I am among you because of the blessings of Lord Hanuman,” Kejriwal added.

“I want to thank you all. Crores of people of the country sent their blessings to me. I want to thank the Supreme Court because of which I am here,” he added.

In a major relief to the AAP national convenor, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him interim bail till June 1 to campaign for the ongoing Lok Sabha election.

Arrested in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, Kejriwal will have to surrender and go back to prison on June 2.

The seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha election is on June 1, and counting of votes will be on June 4.