Arvind Kejriwal to women voters: Don't serve dinner if husband chants Modi's name

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called upon women voters in the national capital to support the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Emphasising their "responsibility," Kejriwal urged women to influence the voting choices of the men in their families, steering them away from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Addressing a gathering, Kejriwal remarked, "Many men are chanting PM Modi's name, only you can set it right. If your husband says he'll vote for PM Modi, tell him you won't serve him dinner."

He encouraged women to prompt their husbands to swear upon them that they would support AAP. Kejriwal stated, "Every husband has to listen to his wife. Isn't it? And if a wife makes him swear on her, he is bound to follow her."


Highlighting the achievements of his government, Kejriwal urged women to remind their families of the benefits provided by AAP, including free electricity, complimentary bus tickets, and the recently announced Rs 1,000 under the 'Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana' for women above 18 years of age.

"Tell them, Kejriwal has made your electricity free, bus tickets free, and now he is giving Rs 1,000 to women. What has BJP done for them? Then why vote for BJP?" he questioned.

Responding to criticism regarding the Rs 1,000 provision, Kejriwal defended the initiative, stating, "They (BJP) say Kejriwal is wasting the money by giving Rs 1,000 to every woman in the city. I ask them, when you waive off big loans of a lot of people, weren't they spoiled?"

Accusing the BJP of perpetrating a "fraud" in the name of women's empowerment, Kejriwal emphasised the significance of tangible measures.

"Till now, fraud has been going on in the name of empowerment. Till now, they used to praise a woman from the party and say that women were being empowered. Now I will put a thousand rupees in every woman's purse every month. An empty purse does not do empowerment," he said.