Last Updated: March 31, 2024, 13:44 IST
Kejriwal’s wife Sunita also joined the INDIA bloc leaders on stage. (File Image: PTI)
In a show of opposition unity ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, INDIA bloc leaders came together at a ‘Loktantra Bachao’ rally in the backdrop of Kejriwal’s arrest
Sunita Kejriwal, wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday (March 31) participated in the Opposition INDIA bloc’s ‘Maha Rally’ at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital. She read out the message sent by the Chief Minister from the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) custody.
Before reading her husband’s message, Sunita Kejriwal asked the crowd if Prime Minister Narendra Modi did the right thing by putting her husband in jail.
“Do you believe that Kejriwal Ji is a true patriot and honest person? These BJP people are saying that Kejriwal ji is in jail, he should resign. Should he resign? Your Kejriwal is a lion, they will not be able to keep him in jail for long,” she said.
Reading her husband’s message, she said, “I’m not asking you to make someone win or lose. I’m seeking support to make a new India.”
She also listed Kejriwal’s six guarantees ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
#WATCH | INDIA alliance rally: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal says, “Your own Kejriwal has sent a message for you from jail. Before reading this message, I would like to ask you something. Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi put my husband in jail, did the Prime… pic.twitter.com/aZsdXXvJOO— ANI (@ANI) March 31, 2024
“If you give opportunity to INDIA bloc, we’ll build a great nation…If voted to power, INDIA bloc to fulfil six guarantees, including good hospitals and education,” said Sunita Kejriwal while reading out her husband’s message.
Kejriwal in his message further said that the people of Delhi have faced injustice in the last 75 years and the INDIA bloc will make Delhi a full state if it comes to power.
“Mother India is in pain, this tyranny won’t work. My husband is getting lots of blessings,” Kejriwal‘s wife said.
In a show of opposition unity ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, INDIA bloc leaders came together at a ‘Loktantra Bachao’ rally in the backdrop of Kejriwal’s arrest.
NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI general secretary D Raja, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren were among the first to reach the Ramlila Maidan.
CM Kejriwal, who was arrested on March 21, faces allegations of direct involvement in a conspiracy related to the formulation of excise policy favouring specific individuals.
The Chief Minister, whose ED custody was extended till April 1 by Delhi court, is also accused of soliciting kickbacks from liquor businessmen in exchange for favours, as claimed by the probe agency.
