As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stepped up its election campaigning in Haryana, party supremo and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the BJP had been instrumental in putting him behind bars in a false case and it was time for voters to put the BJP out of power.
At a roadshow in Jagadhri in Yamunanagar district, Mr. Kejriwal asserted that AAP was so popular among voters that no government could form without his party’s support in Haryana.
“They (BJP) had put me in jail by filing fake cases. I was in jail for 5 months. They tried very hard to break me in jail, they tortured me in various ways. Their aim was to make Kejriwal bow down in any way. The facilities that normal criminals get in jail were also denied to me. I don’t know what they wanted to do with me,” Mr. Kejriwal said.
“Whatever they did to me, every child of Haryana will take revenge for it. They sent me to jail, now the people of Haryana will send them out of power,” he said.
Mr. Kejriwal said, “When I came out of jail, I could have sat on the Chief Minister’s chair comfortably, but I said no. When Lord Rama returned after 14 years of exile, Sita maiya (mother) had to undergo agni pariksha (trial by fire), hence I will also undergo agni pariksha.”
Delhi Chief Minister Designate Atishi seen addressing the media at party office in Delhi on Friday (September 20, 2024). | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
Attacking the ruling party, Mr. Kejriwal said, “The BJP gave you corruption, unemployment, inflation and drug addiction to your children and nothing else. This time the whole of Haryana is demanding change and any government that is formed in Haryana will not be formed without the support of AAP.”
Published - September 20, 2024 04:59 pm IST
