‘My name is Arvind Kejriwal and I am not terrorist’: AAP reads CM message
“My name is Arvind Kejriwal and I am not a terrorist” is the Delhi chief minister’s message for the countrymen from Tihar jail, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said on Tuesday, slamming the BJP for the treatment being meted out to him in custody.
Accusing the BJP of trying to break him out of “malice and vendetta,” he said that Mr Kejriwal will emerge stronger from all of this.
Addressing the media, Mr Singh claimed that a “notorious criminal” lodged in Tihar jail was allowed to meet his lawyer and wife in the barrack while Mr Kejriwal had to meet Punjab chief minster Bhagwant Mann across a glass screen.
Chief minister Mann met Mr Kejriwal in jail on Monday and alleged that he was not getting the amenities even a hardcore criminal is allowed in Tihar.
“Hurt by the treatment being given to him. Kejriwal has sent a message for the countrymen: ‘My name is Arvind Kejriwal and I am not a terrorist,’” Mr Singh said.
The AAP leader added, “Kejriwal is being treated like a terrorist and he was
allowed to meet the Punjab chief minister across a glass screen.”
Mr Singh, who walked out of jail recently after spending six months in a money laundering case, alleged, “In jail number 2 of Tihar, a notorious criminal meets his lawyer and wife inside the barrack. Meetings of other inmates are also held in the office of the jail.”
Meanwhile, Director General (prisons) Sanjay Baniwal on Monday said no distinction is made in the treatment meted out to the inmates and it is ensured they get the same basic rights.
“There is no distinction between a hardcore or a normal criminal. In the
jail manual, there is no distinction between the inmates. Every inmate has basic rights and it is my duty to ensure that. These are being ensured to everyone,” he said.
Sanjay Singh alleged that the BJP took `60 crore from an accused in the alleged liquor scam through the electoral bond but the Prime Minister defended the nowscrapped poll bonds scheme in an interview.
“Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP MP Sanjay Singh should understand they can not mislead Delhiites through rhetoric. Kejriwal has lost the sympathy of the people,” said Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva.