Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a roadshow in Delhi on Sunday said if people choose Aam Aadmi Party on May 25, he won’t have to go back to jail.
Earlier, Kejriwal held a meeting with his party MLAs and leaders at his residence and claimed that the BJP’s plan was to topple the AAP governments in Punjab and Delhi after his arrest but this did not fructify. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) became more united and stronger “after my arrest”, the Delhi chief minister said while addressing MLAs of his party following a meeting here.
This was his first meeting with the legislators after his limited outing of 21 days from the Tihar Jail, effected by the Supreme Court judgment giving him interim bail for election campaigning.
Okhla MLA Amantullah was not present in this meeting. Khan and his son Anas Ahmed are facing allegations of assaulting and threatening staff at a fuel pump in Noida Sector 95. Police have claimed that Mr Khan and Anas are “underground”.
“BJP people would say before my arrest that they will break the party and topple the governments in Delhi and Punjab,” Kejriwal said.
“They had a plan that they will arrest me, break the party, topple the government in Delhi and then in Punjab also. After arrest, their plan failed. You all did not break,”said Kejriwal added all the MLAs did excellent work to ensure that the people of Delhi did not face any problem in getting electricity, water and medicines
Later he held a road show in New Delhi and North-west constituencies. Accompanied by his Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Kejriwal held a roadshow in Moti Nagar in support of party’s New Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Somnath Bharti.
“I have to go back to jail after 20 days.
If you choose jhadu (AAP’s symbol), I won’t have to go back to jail,” the chief minister said.
The AAP national convenor is out on interim bail till June 1. He has to surrender on June 2.
“They sent me to jail because I worked for you. The BJP does not want that work of Delhi people are done,” he said.
Kejriwal alleged that his insulin injections were stopped for 15 days inside TIhar jail.
“If I went back to jail, the BJP would stop your work, free electricity, degrade schools and shut down hospitals and Mohalla Clinics,” he charged.
He also asked people to vote for Bharti since he would be available for people in need even at odd hours.
The polling for all seven seats in Delhi will take place on May 25.
