In an emotional message to the people of Delhi a day before the expiry of his interim bail, Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal on Friday assured the Delhiites that all facilities available to them, including 24-hour free electricity, treatment, women’s bus travel will continue.
“We are all fighting dictatorship together. If something happens to me to save the country, if I even lose my life, then do not be sad,” said AAP National Convenor Shri Arvind Kejriwal at a virtual press conference.
Addressing the media, Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal said the honourable Supreme Court had given me 21 days to campaign for the elections. Tomorrow 21 days are getting over, I have to surrender day after tomorrow. I will go back to Tihar Jail the day after tomorrow. I don’t know how many days these people will keep me in jail this time. But my spirits are high. I am proud that I am going to jail to save the country from dictatorship. They tried to break me in many ways, tried to bow me down, tried to silence me. But they did not succeed.
The AAP supremo said when I was in jail recently, they tortured me in many ways. They stopped my medicines; I have been a serious diabetic for 20 years. For the last 10 years I have been getting insulin injections daily, I get injections in my stomach four times every day. In jail, they stopped my insulin injections for many days, my sugar reached 300, 325 (mg/dL). If the sugar remains so high for so many days, then the kidney and liver get damaged. I don’t know what these people wanted, why did they do this.
Mentioning about the unexplained weight loss during his incarceration, the AAP National Convenor said during his 50 days stay in jail he lost 6 kg of weight. “When I went to jail, my weight was 70 kg. Today it is 64 kg. Even after being released from jail, my weight is not increasing. Doctors are saying that this can also be a sign of some major disease in the body. Many tests need to be done, ketone level in my urine has also increased a lot,” he said.
Shri Arvind Kejriwal said I will surrender the day after tomorrow, I will leave my house at around 3:00 pm to surrender. It is possible that this time they will torture me more, but I will not bow down, he said.
Assuring the people of Delhi that all the facilities available to them will continue even in his absence, the Delhi Chief Minister said, “You take care of yourself, I worry a lot about you in jail. If you are happy, then your Kejriwal will also be happy. I will not be among you, of course, but you don’t worry, all your work will continue. Wherever I am, inside or outside the jail, I will not let the work of Delhi stop. Your free electricity, Mohalla clinics, hospitals, free medicines, treatment, free bus travel for women, 24 hours electricity and all other works will continue. And after returning, I will also start giving Rs 1000 every month to every mother and sister,” he said.
Making an impassioned appeal to the Delhiites who stood by him in difficult times to look after his aged and ailing parents, the AAP National Convenor said, “I have always fulfilled my duty as a son of your family. Today I want to ask something from you for my family. My parents are very old, my mother is very ill, I worry a lot about her in jail. Take care of my parents after I am gone, pray for them, pray to God. Prayers have great power. If you pray for my mother daily, she will definitely remain healthy,” he said.
Shri Arvind Kejriwal said my wife Sunita is very strong, she has supported me in every difficult time of life. When difficult times come, the whole family comes together, you all have supported me a lot in difficult times, he said.
The AAP National Convenor said we are all fighting dictatorship together. If something happens to me to save the country, if I even lose my life, then do not be sad. “It is because of your prayers that I am alive today and your blessings will protect me in the future too. In the end, I just want to say that if God wishes, your son will come back very soon,” he concluded.
