Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday evening held a road show along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in South Delhi’s Mehrauli in support of Sahiram Pahalwan, the party’s candidate from the South Delhi LS constituency.
A large number of party workers, supporters and spectators gathered at the rally held by the AAP leader, a day after being released from Tihar jail on interim bail till June 1, which was granted by the Supreme Court in the money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam.
Addressing the gathering, Kejriwal said that he wanted to thank those millions who sent their blessings and prayers, to those women including mothers, sisters and daughters who sent emotional messages. With their blessings, this miracle took place that I am out on bail and am among you, he added.
He further said that his wife used to come and meet him in jail. Punjab CM Mann and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj used to come and meet him and enquire about his health. “But I used to ask them about the people of the city. Whether things were taking place smoothly in the city or not,” he said.
He further alleged that when he was in jail, he was not given medicine for 15 days, adding that he is a diabetic and used to take 52 units of insulin daily when he was not in jail, and in jail, his insulin was stopped.
“My fault is that when the AAP government was formed in Delhi back in 2015, there used to be 10 hours power cut in the city but after coming to power, I made power available 24 hours. They (ruling dispensation at the Centre) wanted to end all this,” Kejriwal alleged.
There were elaborate arrangements made by the workers, while the entire stretch of the road was dotted with AAP flags, while the people cheered for the Delhi CM and AAP convener.
Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that It has not been even 24 hours since Kejriwal was released on interim bail from Tihar from jail, and he is standing right among the people to seek their blessings.
Hitting out at the BJP, Mann alleged that they got AAP leaders arrested, adding that these are not just individuals, but ideas, and how ideas will be arrested.
After the South Delhi road show, Delhi CM and Punjab CM also conducted a roadshow in Krishna Nagar, in support of AAP’s East Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Kuldeep Kumar.
Kejriwal has got interim bail under certain conditions from the SC until June 1 in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam. The AAP chief has to surrender to the jail authorities on June 2.