NEW DELHI: In a special praise for wife Sunita, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday described her as “Jhansi ki Rani’ and commended her for taking charge of the Lok Sabha election campaign in his absence.
This was the first time the Aam Aadmi Party chief, who is out on bail for election campaigning, was accompanied by his wife in an election meeting.
“Today I have brought my wife also with me. She took charge of everything in my absence. When I was in jail, she used to come to meet me. I used to inquire about the well-being of my Delhiites through her and send my messages to you. She is like Jhansi ki Rani,” Kejriwal said at a street corner meeting in East Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar constituency.
Repeating Kejriwal’s ‘vote for AAP to keep me out of jail’, Sunita said, “It is because of your blessings that my husband is here with us today. God helps those who do the right thing. Now if you don’t want my husband to go back to jail, vote for AAP on May 25.”
Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged liquor scam in Delhi. The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to the AAP leader till June 1, the last day of the seven-phase Lok Sabha election, and asked him to surrender and go back to jail on June 2.
Wife of the Delhi chief minister took centrestage at both AAP’s and INDIA bloc’s campaign for Lok Sabha after the arrest of Kejriwal. Sunita was seen holding roadshows, addressing opposition rallies, on behalf on Kejriwal.
On Monday, Kejriwal also tweaked the BJP’s 2014 poll slogan to hit out at the prime minister, saying “acche din aane waale hain, Modi ji jaane waale hain” as he exuded confidence that the INDIA bloc will emerge victorious in this Lok Sabha election. “People have made up their mind to oust them…On June 4, acche din aane waale hain, Modi ji jaane waale hain ( good days are on their way, Modi is on his way out,” he said. In 2014, Modi stormed to power on the popular slogan of ‘Acche din aane waale hain’ (good days are on their way).
(With agency inputs)
This was the first time the Aam Aadmi Party chief, who is out on bail for election campaigning, was accompanied by his wife in an election meeting.
“Today I have brought my wife also with me. She took charge of everything in my absence. When I was in jail, she used to come to meet me. I used to inquire about the well-being of my Delhiites through her and send my messages to you. She is like Jhansi ki Rani,” Kejriwal said at a street corner meeting in East Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar constituency.
Repeating Kejriwal’s ‘vote for AAP to keep me out of jail’, Sunita said, “It is because of your blessings that my husband is here with us today. God helps those who do the right thing. Now if you don’t want my husband to go back to jail, vote for AAP on May 25.”
Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged liquor scam in Delhi. The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to the AAP leader till June 1, the last day of the seven-phase Lok Sabha election, and asked him to surrender and go back to jail on June 2.
Wife of the Delhi chief minister took centrestage at both AAP’s and INDIA bloc’s campaign for Lok Sabha after the arrest of Kejriwal. Sunita was seen holding roadshows, addressing opposition rallies, on behalf on Kejriwal.
On Monday, Kejriwal also tweaked the BJP’s 2014 poll slogan to hit out at the prime minister, saying “acche din aane waale hain, Modi ji jaane waale hain” as he exuded confidence that the INDIA bloc will emerge victorious in this Lok Sabha election. “People have made up their mind to oust them…On June 4, acche din aane waale hain, Modi ji jaane waale hain ( good days are on their way, Modi is on his way out,” he said. In 2014, Modi stormed to power on the popular slogan of ‘Acche din aane waale hain’ (good days are on their way).
(With agency inputs)