Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, while addressing a press conference just a day before his interim bail ends, said that any attempts to break his silence will not be successful. “I don’t know how long I will be in jail for this time, but my spirits are high. To save the country from dictatorship I am going to jail and I am proud of that,” he said, and added, “They have tried to break many times, even tried to silence me but have not been successful. When I was jail too, I was tortured in many ways.”
He further said “My medicines were stopped, I don’t know why these people did that or what they wanted? My weight was 70kgs when I was arrested, today it is 64kgs. Even after being released, I have not gained weight. Doctors have indicated that this can also be a sign of some serious illness and many tests need to be done.”
“I will leave my house to surrender around 3 p.m. [on June 2]. It is possible they may torture me more, but I will not bow down. No matter where I am, inside or outside jail, I will not let stop the welfare of Delhi,” he said. I will soon start providing ₹1,000 to my mothers and sisters, he said referring to a scheme to give ₹1,000 monthly honorarium. Mr. Kejriwal also asked people to pray for his mother who has been unwell.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court till June 1 for Lok Sabha election campaigning. After being released from jail, Mr. Kejriwal campaigned in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi and Maharashtra.
(With inputs from PTI)
