Manish Sisodia. File | Image credit: PTI
Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia wished jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on his birthday, saying the party chief was waging the “toughest fight against dictatorship in the country”. The AAP will hold a series of events to celebrate Mr Kejriwal’s birthday.
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“Congratulations to the Chief Minister of Delhi, my dear friend and political guru Arvind Kejriwal ji who fought the toughest fight against dictatorship in the country. We are proud to be soldiers of a patriotic and revolutionary leader who went to jail rather than kneel before a dictator. Today the democracy of the country is captured in the form of Arvind Kejriwal,” Mr Sisodia said in a post in Hindi on ‘X’. The former deputy chief minister will also begin his walk in the evening.
In a post on X, the AAP wrote: “Arvind Kejriwal is an idea that grows stronger the more it is suppressed.” Delhi minister Atishi described Mr Kejriwal as a “revolutionary of modern India” and exuded confidence that he would soon be released from prison.
“Today is the birth anniversary of Arvind Kejriwal, the revolutionary of modern India who changed the state of Delhi with his model of governance. With his honest politics, he gave new hope to the people of Delhi. Arvind Ji, who shaped the future of millions of people in the fight against dictatorship, is today in prison on a false charge. But the truth will prevail and the most beloved Chief Minister of Delhiites will be released,” she said on X.
Arvind Kejriwal, who is also the national president of AAP, was arrested by the law enforcement agency on March 21 in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. The Supreme Court has granted him interim bail, but he is still in jail as the CBI had arrested him in a related matter.
