Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, two prominent AAP leaders, are being held in judicial custody in relation to the excise policy matter.
Digital Desk: The wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Sunita Kejriwal, read out a message from her husband on Saturday. Kejriwal, who is being held by the Enforcement Directorate, stated that no prison can hold him there and that he will come "very soon" and fulfill his promises.
Citing her husband, Sunita Kejriwal stated, "Your son and brother Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has sent a message from the jail."
"My dear countrymen I have been arrested. Whether I am inside the jail or not, I will continue to serve the country. My entire life is dedicated to the country. I have struggled a lot in my life, and I know that this will continue. Therefore, this arrest has not surprised me," Kejriwal said in a statement read out on video by his wife.
The Delhi Chief Minister also urged Aam Aadmi Party's workers to not hate BJP members because of his arrest. "I also appeal to all the workers of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that work of social welfare and public welfare should not stop with me going to jail. Don't hate BJP people due to this. They are our brothers and sisters. I will come back soon," he said as cited by Sunita Kejriwal.
Arvind Kejriwal said that no prison can keep him inside and he would come out soon and fulfil his promise. "There are several forces within and outside India that are weakening the country. We have to be alert, identify these forces and defeat them. Women in Delhi must be thinking that Kejriwal is behind bars. Who knows if they would get Rs 1000. I appeal to them to trust their brother, their son. There is no jail that can keep him behind bars for long. Main jald bahar aaounga (I will come out soon) and keep my promise," Sunita Kejriwal said while reading out the message by the Delhi Chief Minister.
On Friday, Sunita Kejriwal said that the arrest of her husband is a "betrayal" with the people who have elected him to power thrice.In a post on X, she hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that Kejriwal was arrested due to the PM's "arrogance of power."
"Modiji got your thrice elected Chief Minister arrested out of arrogance of power. He is trying to crush everyone. This is a betrayal of the people of Delhi. Your Chief Minister has always stood with you," she said in a post in Hindi.
She further said that Arvind Kejriwal has dedicated his life to serving the nation, whether he is in prison or not. One day after being detained by the investigative agency in relation to the Delhi Excise Policy case, which is connected to a money laundering case, the Chief Minister of Delhi was remanded to the Enforcement Directorate's custody on Friday for a period of seven days, or till March 28.
The decision was issued by Special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court after Kejriwal was brought before the court yesterday after being taken into custody by the central investigative agency late on March 21.
The case concerns purported irregularities and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi excise policy case 2022, which was subsequently dropped. The opposition leaders have harshly criticized the BJP-led center over the detention by the central agency. According to party leader Gopal Rai, the AAP will "gherao" the prime minister's home on March 26 in protest of Kejriwal's ED arrest.
Days before Kejriwal's arrest, the Enforcement Department (ED) had detained Bharat Rashta Samithi (BRS) leader and former Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao K Kavitha's daughter in connection with its probe into allegations of money laundering related to the now-cancelled excise scheme. Kavitha is being held by the ED till March 23.
Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, two prominent AAP leaders, are being held in judicial custody in relation to the excise policy matter. After multiple rounds of interrogation, Sisodia—who was the deputy chief minister of Delhi at the time—was taken into custody by the CBI on February 26. Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh was taken into custody by the ED on October 5.
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