Kejriwal, who walked out of Tihar Jail after 40 days in judicial custody on Friday night, was accompanied by his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and Delhi minister Atishi.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal delivered a fiery speech post his interim bail in the liquor policy case. Accusing Prime Minister Modi of targeting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Kejriwal raised concerns about a supposed agenda of ‘One Nation, One Leader.’ Asserting his stance against the BJP, he confidently predicted that the government formation on June 4 would not be led by them. Instead, he hinted at the INDIA bloc taking charge, with AAP playing a significant role in the governance. “It is my assessment that BJP is not forming the government on June 4… The INDIA bloc will form the government, and AAP will be part of that government.” He also singled out PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah as engineers behind a power takeover within the BJP, referring to how the BJP changes chief ministers in many states before assembly elections to “clip their wings”. “If the BJP comes to power again, the first thing PM Modi will do is to change Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,” Kejriwal said.
“…Our Aam Aadmi Party is a small party, present in two states. But the Prime Minister left no stone unturned to crush our party and sent four leaders to jail simultaneously. If four top leaders of big parties go to jail, the party ends. The Prime Minister wants to crush AAP…PM Modi himself believes that AAP is the one that will give future to the country…”
#WATCH | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says “…Our Aam Aadmi Party is a small party, present in two states. But the Prime Minister left no stone unturned to crush our party and sent four leaders to jail simultaneously. If four top leaders of big parties go to jail, the party ends.… pic.twitter.com/srNOf88krZ
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Here are the top quotes from Arvind Kejriwal’s speech:
- “I am coming straight from jail to you. It feels great to be with you after 50 days. I just went to Hanuman temple with my wife and CM Bhagwant Mann. Bajrang Bali’s blessings are on our party and us. It is by his grace that I am among you today…”
- When I was in jail, some people raised this issue that why doesn’t Arvind Kejriwal resign from the post of Delhi CM? I have not come to become CM or PM…In the last 75 years, elections have been held in so many states, AAP government was formed in Delhi with the most historic majority, no other political party could win in any state with such a huge margin.
- They knew could never defeat AAP, so a conspiracy was hatched to send Kejriwal to jail and the government would fall but we did not fall into their trap. Hemant Soren also should not have resigned… I am fighting against this dictatorship from jail…”
- The Delhi CM revealed why he did not resign from his post while being lodged in jail and said, “If you imprison democracy in jail, democracy will run from jail. Even Hemant Soren should not have resigned. By not resigning, I am battling against Tanashahi.”
- “…Their (NDA) government is not being formed after June 4…Their seats are decreasing everywhere in Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar, UP, Delhi, Karnataka, West Bengal and Jharkhand. It is also being speculated that they are getting 220-230 seats. INDIA government is being formed at the centre. AAP will be a part of it, we will give Delhi the status of complete statehood. LG of Delhi will belong to the people of Delhi, the current LG has just come from Gujarat…”
- “…These people ask the INDIA alliance who will be their Prime Minister. I ask BJP who will be your Prime Minister? PM Modi is turning 75, on 17th September. He made a rule that leaders in the party would retire after 75 years…LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sumitra Mahajan, and Yashwant Sinha were retired and now PM Modi is going to retire on 17th September.
- If their (BJP) government is formed, they will first dispose of Yogi Adityanath and then make Amit Shah the Prime Minister of the country. PM Modi is asking for votes for Amit Shah. Will Amit Shah fulfil Modi’s guarantee?…”
- “Modi ji has a very dangerous mission — ‘One Nation One Leader’. They will send all the opposition leaders to jail and manage all other BJP leaders and undercut them,” Kejriwal said during the press conference at AAP headquarters.
- “…Whenever a dictator tried to take over, the people of the country uprooted him. Today again a dictator wants to end democracy…I am fighting against that dictator but I cannot do anything alone. I have come to beg from 140 crore people to support me in saving the country from this dictator…The Supreme Court has given me 21 days, I will travel across the country. Every drop of my blood is for the country…”
- “I have spoken to several experts, psephologists, and analysts and everyone said that BJP will win around 230 seats in the Lok Sabha polls. INDIA alliance will be winning the election this time”.
Earlier in the day, Kejriwal visited the Hanuman temple in Connaught Place along with his wife Sunita Kejriwal. Kejriwal, who walked out of Tihar Jail after 40 days in judicial custody on Friday night, was accompanied by his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and Delhi minister Atishi.