Lok Sabha elections 2024: Sunita Kejriwal campaigns in Gujarat, seeks votes to 'save democracy'

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals wife Sunita Kejriwal took part in roadshows for Aam Aadmi Partys candidates in Gujarat on Thursday appealing people to cast their vote to save the country which is heading towards dictatorshipPeople will respond to her husbands arrest in an alleged corruption case through the ballot box she said campaigning in Bharuch and Bhavnagar Lok Sabha constituenciesThey have put Delhi Chief Minister and my husband Arvind Kejriwal in jail for the last 40 days In Gujarat they had put Chaitar Vasava and his wife in jail No court has pronounced him Kejriwal guilty They are saying investigation is on if the investigation continues for ten years will they keep him in jail for ten years she said speaking during the roadshow at Botad town in Bhavnagar constituencyEarlier a person would be sent to jail if he was found guilty by a court Now they have started a new system so long as the investigation continues the case continues the person will be kept in jail This is clear highhandedness dictatorship Sunita Kejriwal saidHer husband is an IITeducated man who had been a commissioner of Income Tax but he left the job to serve society she saidDuring his anticorruption agitations he fasted for 1215 days many times even though doctors had forbade him to fast because of diabetes Sunita said claiming that Kejriwal was not given insulin in the prison initially due to which his sugar level went over 300 After much difficulty he was given insulin by taking permission from the court she saidOne can say that despotism in the country was reaching its peak but Kejriwal was not someone who would bend easily Sunita saidKejriwal ji is a true son of India Today I the daughter of Mother India request you to save this country which is heading towards dictatorship Save this country save democracy she appealedAAPs Bharuch candidate Chaitar Vasava and Bhavnagar candidate Umesh Makwana accompanied her in their respective constituencies while the partys Rajya Sabha member Sandeep Pathak was present in both the roadshowsEarlier talking to reporters at the Ahmedabad airport Sunita Kejriwal said people were smart and will respond through votes to her husbands imprisonmentThey BJP have put Arvind Kejriwal behind bars during elections so that his voice can not reach the people The people are very smart and will respond through their votes she saidPathak targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that he will not allow reservations in the name of religionWhy he remembers all these things before the elections Why dont you ask for votes on the strength of your work I think the prime minister is the biggest friend of Pakistan he said adding that people have become mature and they seek schools hospitals and better things in lifeEarlier in the day addressing an election rally at Gujarats Anand Modi dubbed the Congress a disciple of Pakistan and said the neighbouring country was eager to make the shehzada of the grand old party the next PM of IndiaAAP has fielded candidates on two out of the states 26 seats as part of INDIA blocs seat sharing agreementThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever