- ‘Release Kejriwal, Hemant Soren immediately; stop attempts to weaken Oppn’, demands Priyanka Gandhi at INDIA rally
- ‘Kejriwal a lion, BJP will not be able to keep him in jail for long’, says Delhi CM’s wife Sunita
- “People in BJP are corrupt individuals, they are thugs,” says Uddhav Thackeray
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NEW DELHI, MARCH 31
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi demanded that the Election Commission must take measures to ensure equal opportunities this Lok Sabha election and to release Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren immediately.
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Addressing the INDIA rally in Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, Priyanka Gandhi presented five demands of the Opposition bloc. She said, “INDIA Alliance has five demands. The Election Commission should ensure equal opportunity in the Lok Sabha elections. Second, the ECI should stop the forceful action taken against the opposition by the Enforcement Directorate, CBI and IT. Third, Hemant Soren and Arvind Kejriwal should be released immediately. Fourth, attempts to weaken the opposition financially should be stopped. Fifth, an SIT should be formed to investigate the funds raised by the Bharatiya Janata Party through electoral bonds.”
Addressing at the rally, Rahul Gandhi charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to do match-fixing this Lok Sabha polls. “When pressure is put on umpires and captain, players are bought off and the match is won, in cricket, it is called match-fixing. We have Lok Sabha polls before us. Who selected the umpires? Before the match started, two players were arrested. Narendra Modi is trying to do match-fixing in these polls,” Gandhi said.
“The BJP is raising the slogan of getting 400 seats, but without EVMs, match-fixing, pressure on opposition leaders and buying media, they will not be able to cross even 180 seats,” he claimed.
Gandhi said the Congress is the biggest opposition party in the country and all its accounts have been frozen. “This election is not just about votes it is to save the country and the Constitution,” Gandhi asserted.
‘Kejriwal a lion, BJP will not be able to keep him in jail for long’, says Delhi CM’s wife
Reading a message from arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at Ramlila Maidan, his wife Sunita asserted that the Aam Aadmi Party leader is a lion and the BJP would not be able to keep him in prison for long.
Addressing the INDIA bloc’s mega rally at Ramlila Maidan, condemning the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case registered in connection with the liquor policy scam, Sunita said, “Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi put my husband in jail, did the Prime Minister do the right thing? These BJP people are saying that Kejriwal ji is in jail, he should resign. Should he resign? Your Kejriwal is a lion, they will not be able to keep him in jail for long.”
Sunita Kejriwal read a message from the Delhi chief minister, currently in Enforcement Directorate’s custody at the rally. She, quoting him read, “I am not asking for votes today. I invite 140 crore Indians to make a new India. India is a great nation with thousands of years old civilisation. I think about Mother India from inside the jail and she is in pain. Let’s make a new India.”
In his message, Kejriwal presented six guarantees on behalf of the INDIA bloc, including granting statehood to Delhi. “I present six guarantees on behalf of INDIA Alliance. First, there will be no power cuts in the whole country. Second, electricity would be free for the poor people. Third, we will make government schools in every village. Fourth, we will set up Mohalla Clinics in every village, we will establish a multi-speciality government hospital in every district and everyone will get free treatment. Fifth, farmers would be given the correct price for the crops. Sixth, the people of Delhi have faced injustice for 75 years. We will give statehood to Delhi,” he said.
Kejriwal said all the six guarantees will be fulfilled within five years and added he has made all planning for funding these guarantees.
Kalpana Soren, wife of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who was also arrested by ED in a money laundering case, addressed the rally.
Leaders of various Opposition parties including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, NCP leader Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti are attending the rally.
“People in BJP are corrupt individuals, they are thugs,” says Uddhav Thackeray
Calling BJP leaders “thugs,” former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said, “need to bring a coalition government” in the country.
He emphasized the necessity of transitioning to a coalition government stating that one party and one person’s government is dangerous for the country.
“Now, their (BJP’s) dream is of crossing 400 (seats). It is time that one party and one person’s government have to go because it has become dangerous for the country. We need to bring a coalition government now,” Uddhav Thackeray said.
Thackeray accused the BJP of embracing figures previously accused of corruption. “We are not here for the election campaign, we are here to protect democracy. BJP washed the people who they once alleged of corruption. They washed them in a washing machine and made them clean and invited them to join BJP. How can a party full of corrupts run the government?” Uddhav Thackeray said.
