AAP MP Sanjay Singh read out a message from jailed Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday said Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who worked “like a son and a brother for the country and the people of Delhi”, sent out a message from Tihar hail. “My name is Arvind Kejriwal and I am not a terrorist,” Sanjay Singh said at a press conference.
“The three-time elected CM of Delhi is made to meet Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann through a glass. It is clear from this that the prime minister has a feeling of hatred against Arvind Kejriwal…,” claimed the AAP MP.
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The Enforcement Directorate has arrested several people, including Arvind Kejriwal, in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case. Arvind Kejriwal is currently lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody.
On Monday, a Delhi court extended the judicial custody of Arvind Kejriwal till April 23. Earlier, the AAP national convenor approached the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi high court judgment that dismissed his plea against arrest by the ED and his subsequent remand in the excise policy case.
At the press conference, Sanjay Singh also alleged that efforts are being made 24 hours to demoralise Arvind Kejriwal. “This is Arvind Kejriwal, he is made of a different clay… The more you try to break him, the stronger he will come back…Yesterday, CM Bhagwant Mann became emotional during the meeting. This is an emotional matter