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She called Arvind Kejriwal “Haryana ka laal” and said the Delhi Chief Minister grew up in Hisar. | Photo: PTI
Sunita Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, on Sunday accused the BJP government in Haryana of “not doing any development work” in the past decade and urged the people to vote for the AAP in the upcoming assembly elections to build a “new Haryana”.
The assembly elections in Haryana are due to be held later this year and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced that it will contest all 90 seats in the state. The party has contested several elections in Haryana but has not been able to score any electoral success there.
Addressing a crowd, Sunita Kejriwal urged people to press the button with the symbol of ‘Jhadu’ (the AAP’s election symbol) on election day to build a ‘new Haryana’. She also stressed that the AAP government in Delhi had ‘transformed’ public schools and hospitals and provided free electricity.
“What progress has the BJP made in Haryana in the last ten years?” she asked, adding that the people of Haryana must ensure that the saffron party does not win even a single seat in the upcoming elections.
She called Arvind Kejriwal “Haryana ka laal” and said the Delhi Chief Minister grew up in Hisar.
“He was born on August 16, 1968, and that day was ‘Krishna Janmashtami’. This cannot be a coincidence… I feel that God wants to do something great through your son,” she said.
“Arvind Ji started from scratch. He first formed his own party and then became the Chief Minister of Delhi in the first election he contested,” she said, adding that the AAP leader has done things that the established parties and leaders could never have done.
It was the AAP governments in Punjab and Delhi that opened the Mohalla clinics for the welfare of the people. “Is there any other party that has done so much?” she asked.
“This is why (PM) Modi ji is jealous of Kejriwal. Since he (Modi) cannot do such a thing, Modi ji has put Kejriwal ji in jail in a fabricated case… Modi ji has put your son in jail,” she said.
“There was a similar situation in Bangladesh. All opposition leaders were imprisoned. Then there was a major uprising and the prime minister had to leave the country,” she said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has challenged Haryana by sending Arvind Kejriwal to jail.
“I am the daughter-in-law of Haryana and Hisar. I want to ask you whether Haryana will tolerate this insult. Kejriwal is a lion. He will not bow to Modi,” she said.
It is not about Kejriwal, it is about Haryana’s honour, she said.
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First published: August 11, 2024 | 8:20 p.m. IS
