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Delhi Cabinet minister Saurabh Bharadwaj met Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar jail on Wednesday. The meeting between the two lasted for 30 minutes. 

Bharadwaj said he met Kejriwal in the 'mulakat jangla' and had a conversation with him over the phone. After the meeting, Pathak told reporters that Kejriwal will meet two ministers each week and review the progress of work under their respective departments. 

"I had a half-an-hour meeting in the 'mulakat jangla'. He said that people should not worry about him. He said he is strong and he will continue his fight with the blessings of the people of Delhi," the Delhi minister told reporters after the meeting. 

#WATCH | Delhi: AAP leader and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj says, "I met CM Arvind Kejriwal and talked to him for half an hour. There was a grill and a mirror in between, and on the other side CM was sitting; We communicated through a phone. He said that Delhiites should not… pic.twitter.com/J6AuUrfIzz

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The 'mulakat jangla' is an iron mesh that divides the inmate from the visitor in a room inside the jail. A visitor and an inmate can talk to each other by sitting on different sides of the mesh. 

Kejriwal who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy scam on March 21 has not stepped down and the AAP has asserted that he will continue to run the government from jail. 

Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP's national general secretary (organisation) Sandeep Pathak met Kejriwal in Tihar Jail on April 15.

After his arrest, Kejriwal sent messages to his ministers to address issues such as water supply and availability of medicines in government hospitals. He also asked party MLAs to visit their constituencies and offer help to the people there.