Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife today shared a helpline number for his supporters to share their messages with the AAP chief, who remains in the lock-up in the liquor policy case since his arrest last week.
#WATCH | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal issues a video statement; issues a WhatsApp number for people.
She says, “…We are starting a drive from today – Kejriwal ko aashirvaad. You can send your blessings and prayers to Kejriwal on this number…” pic.twitter.com/5Q4EgwMZez
— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2024
“We are starting a drive from today – ‘Kejriwal ko Aashirvaad’. You can send your blessings and prayers to him on the WhatsApp number 8297324624. You can send any message you want,” said Sunita Kejriwal in a video message.
She said many people had phoned her and said they were fasting for Mr Kejriwal’s release.
“This is how much people love him. Send us whatever you want to tell. Every single message of yours will reach him and he will love reading those. You need not be from AAP to write to him,” added Ms Kejriwal.
Ms Kejriwal had taken to video messages to address AAP supporters directly over her husband’s arrest.
Yesterday, she told reporters outside a Delhi court that her husband is not keeping well in the ED custody. “His health is not okay at the moment. Your Chief Minister is being harassed. The public will give a fitting reply on this,” she said as the court extended his ED custody till April 1.
Mr Kejriwal, who was arrested on March 21, is the third AAP leader after Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh to be arrested in the alleged liquor policy scam. While being taken to the court yesterday, he dubbed the case against him as a “political conspiracy”.
The ED believes the now-scrapped policy provided a high profit margin of nearly 185 per cent for retailers and 12 per cent for wholesalers. A portion from the wholesalers’ cut was recovered as bribes and allegedly used by the AAP in its Goa election campaigns, the agency claims.