Girl donates piggy bank to 'uncle' Kejriwal to 'free India from dictatorship', AAP shares video

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, received a touching gesture from a young girl who handed over her piggy bank, symbolizing her support for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its mission to "free India from dictatorship." Kejriwal, who faces the prospect of returning to Tihar jail after his interim bail ends on June 2, appealed to voters at a rally in Moti Nagar to choose the 'jhadu' (broom), AAP's symbol, to prevent his return to jail.

'This is the love that Kejriwal has earned. A girl gave her piggy bank to her uncle Kejriwal to free the country from dictatorship,' read AAP's post on X.



"I have to go back to jail after 20 days. If you choose 'jhadu', I won't have to go back to jail," Kejriwal said during a roadshow, emphasizing the importance of AAP's victory in the upcoming polls. He was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court to campaign for the elections.

"My fault is that I built schools for Delhi-NCR. They sent me to jail because I worked for you. The BJP does not want the work of the Delhi people to be done," Kejriwal asserted, highlighting the alleged political motivations behind his arrest.

The Chief Minister also shared his experience in jail, claiming that his insulin injections were stopped for 15 days. "I arranged facilities for free medicine for people but when I was in jail, for 15 days, they did not give me diabetes medicine. I was not given insulin for 15 days in jail," Kejriwal revealed, suggesting that his arrest was an attempt to hinder the progress of his government's initiatives, such as free electricity, improved schools, and better healthcare facilities.

"If I went back to jail, the BJP would stop your work, free electricity, degrade schools and shut down hospitals and Mohalla Clinics," he said.

"If anyone is working well, you should let him do so. I built 500 schools, you are the country's Prime Minister, you should build 5000 schools. This will show that you are bigger than me. Instead, when I build 500 schools they put me in jail and try to stop those 500 schools. This is bad politics. This is a dictatorship. We should fight against this dictatorship," the Delhi Chief Minister said.

Kejriwal claimed that the BJP has set a target of winning 400 seats along with its allies because they intend to "stop reservations".

The BJP is asking for 400 seats. When asked why they need 400 seats, they are not saying why. They are saying they will take big steps. When we insisted, they said they would be stopping reservations in the country," the AAP chief said.

"Just like Putin changed the Constitution in Russia and stays the President, or at times Prime Minister, after stopping elections, he (PM Modi) will also change the Constitution and stop elections in the country. Do you want democracy to be wiped off? Do you want reservations to stop?" Kejriwal said.

Accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Kejriwal held a roadshow in Moti Nagar to support AAP's New Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Somnath Bharti. He also announced "Kejriwal ki Guarantee," a list of 10 promises that AAP would fulfill on a war footing if the INDIA bloc forms the government at the Centre, including reclaiming Indian land from Chinese occupation.

The upcoming Lok Sabha elections will see polling in all seven seats of Delhi in the sixth phase on May 25. Kejriwal's interim bail, granted by the Supreme Court, allows him to campaign until June 1, with the condition that he refrains from commenting on his role in the Delhi liquor scam case.

(With inputs from ANI)