In his speech, Kejriwal said that no one in Delhi should suffer because he is in jail.

New Delhi:

When Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita delivered another message from the jailed chief minister to the people of Delhi on Thursday, what stood out most was the context of her video statement. In all her speeches so far, the background has been the portraits of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and the father of the Indian Constitution BR Ambedkar, but in the latest video, a new addition has been added between them — A photo of Arvind Kejriwal with a bar in front indicating his incarceration.

“Mr Kejriwal has a message to all of you from jail: ‘I am in jail but no one in Delhi should suffer for this. Every MP should visit their constituencies every day and ask people whether they are facing Any problem. They should solve these problems. I am not just talking about solving the problems related to the government, we should try to solve their other problems too. Two crore people of Delhi are my family. No one should be unhappy. God bless All of them. Jai Hind,” Ms. Kejriwal said in Hindi.

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The BJP also took note of the AAP chief’s photo in the message and accused Kejriwal of trying to mislead the people of Delhi.

“It is a great pity that the portrait of the corrupt Arvind Kejriwal hangs between Bhagat Singh Ji and Babasaheb Ambedkar Ji. Earlier, the husband had lied in front of the cameras Now that he is in jail, Virendra Sachdeva, the Delhi president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, posted in Hindi on X: “He made his wife lie. The public will not be misled by AAP. “

After Mr Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case, his wife has been taking his message to the people of Delhi and was also at the ‘Save Democracy’ rally on Sunday, which was a A show of strength. Opposition India Group.

In his first message two days after his arrest, Kejriwal said, “There are multiple forces inside and outside India that are weakening the country. No jail can keep him behind bars for long. I will come out soon and continue Lock him up.” My promise. “

At a rally on Sunday, the chief minister’s wife read out his six assurances to the people of Delhi ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and said the people of India stood with her jailed husband.

The AAP chief has been sent to judicial custody till April 15 and the Delhi High Court is hearing a petition filed by him against his arrest. On Wednesday, the court reserved its verdict in the case.

In a separate hearing seeking the chief minister’s removal following Kejriwal’s arrest, a high court judge on Thursday dismissed the petition and said democracy should take its own course.