NEW DELHI: In a powerful show of unity and defiance, the INDIA Alliance staged a massive protest at Jantar Mantar, condemning the alleged illegal arrest and mistreatment of AAP National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Leaders from AAP, Congress, SP, CPI, CPIML, Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction), CPM, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction), TMC, and other parties stood in solidarity, demanding Arvind Kejriwal’s immediate release. During this, CM Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, stated that the Delhi CM’s life is in danger in jail. The INDIA Alliance vehemently decried the charges as politically motivated, rallying behind Arvind Kejriwal in this critical hour.
The protest echoed across several states, the AAP supporters also protested in Assam, Rajasthan, Karnataka, West Bengal, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal, pointed out the conspiracy by the Modi government,
Speaking on the occasion, Sunita Kejriwal said, “All of you must have understood by now that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been put in jail as part of a deep political conspiracy. First of all, just before the Lok Sabha elections in March, ED put the Delhi CM in jail based on a statement, without any proof. The statement is of NDA Member of Parliament Magunta Reddy.”
“Magunta Reddy had met the CM only once. He had to open a charitable trust in Delhi; he had gone to meet the CM for its land. ED twisted this meeting. ED put the MP’s son (Raghav) in jail and kept him in jail for 5 months. Meanwhile, his mother fell ill, his wife tried to commit suicide. Now ED told him (Magunta Reddy) to accuse Arvind Kejriwal that he had asked him for Rs 100 crore,” she added.
“A deal was struck between the two, a false statement was made, and Arvind Kejriwal was arrested. Why would ED do this? ED did this because it was done as part of a conspiracy, under pressure. The trial court granted bail to the CM and said that the CM was arrested without any evidence, based on a statement by giving him a lollipop of bail. And he got bail,” she said.
Sunita Kejriwal said the central government immediately took two actions. First, ED went to the court of its lawyer’s brother and got a stay on this bail. Second, the CBI arrested the CM on the statement of this MP. “The motive is to keep the CM in jail, not let him come out. All this is being done under a political conspiracy,” she said.
Sunita Kejriwal said Arvind ji has been suffering from diabetes for 22 years, he takes insulin to control his high sugar. When he went to jail, he was not given insulin, he had to go to court to get insulin. “This means that his disease was ignored under a conspiracy,” she said.
