Can do roadshow in 47 degrees: Anurag Thakur takes dig at Kejriwal citing ill health while seeking bail

Hamirpur: After the Supreme Court's Registry refused to accept the request for an urgent hearing of Arvind Kejriwal's plea for an extension of his interim bail, BJP candidate and Union Minister Anurag Thakur said the Delhi Chief Minister can undertake a roadshow in the national capital's sweltering 47-degree temperature but is seeking bail on the pretext of ill health.

"He is exposed once again. It is visible to everyone that he can do a roadshow in 47-degree temperatures but asks for bail on the pretext of ill health," Thakur said.

The Supreme Court's Registry on Wednesday said that the apex court's previous order gave Kejriwal the liberty to move the trial court for regular bail.


The top court had on May 10 had granted interim bail to the Delhi Chief Minister till June 1 to campaign for Lok Sabha election and asked him to surrender on June 2.

In the application seeking a one time extension, Kejriwal has stated that he needs to undergo medical diagnostic tests, including a PET-CT Scan.

The application stated that recent medical tests revealed elevated blood glucose and ketone levels, suggesting potential kidney-related complications and damage.

Further, Anurag Thakur lashed out at Congress and said, "They cheated people for seven years. Congress kept giving slogans about eradicating poverty but poverty never got eradicated. Modi ji is a great boon for the poor who have got a Pukka house, electricity connection, LPG cylinder, free food grains and treatment."

"Congress people insulted Himachal by calling me "Himachal ka chokra". Today this same "Chokra" works for the people here and also silences the Congress," he said.