17 May,2024 07:58 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Arvind Kejriwal. Pic/PTI
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday claimed that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024, it will put NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray behind bars, reported the PTI.
Arvind Kejriwal visited Bhiwandi area in Maharashtra ahead of elections in the city. While speaking at a campaign rally at Bhiwandi, he alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had him arrested because he was working to provide high-class education to the poor and building a better healthcare system in the national capital, the PTI reported on Friday.
"I am not seeking votes for myself, but begging you to save the country," the Aam Aadmi Party leader said, as per the PTI.
"The BJP will not win, but if it wins on June 4, it will put Supriya Sule, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray in jail," Arvind Kejriwal said, according to the PTI.
The Delhi chief minister who suffers from diabetes also alleged that the BJP-led Union government tried to stop his medication for 15 days when he was in jail.
Arvind Kejriwal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged excise policy scam, was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court.
The rally was in support of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP SP) candidate Suresh Mhatre who is taking on Union minister Kapil Patil in the constituency.
'Dictatorship' going on in country is unacceptable: Kejriwal
Meanwhile, attacking the BJP, Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the "dictatorship" allegedly going on in the country is unacceptable and the nation has never seen such a period in the past 75 years, reported the PTI.
Arvind Kejriwal was addressing Punjab AAP workers and leaders, including MLAs, in Amritsar and asked them to put in their best to ensure AAP's victory in all the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.
He slammed the BJP, accusing it of putting all rival party leaders in jail.
"The dictatorship that is going on in our country is not acceptable. India has never seen such a period in the past 75 years, putting opposition leaders in jail," said Kejriwal.
He even sought to liken the situation in India with that of Russia.
"They put me in jail, (former Delhi deputy CM) Manish Sisodia was put in jail, Congress party's bank account was attached, (they) are troubling TMC, (Tamil Nadu CM MK) Stalin's ministers have been put in jail.
"Put everyone in jail. Then only one party and one leader will remain but democracy will not survive. We do not have to let this happen," said Kejriwal.
(with PTI inputs)
