New Delhi, Sep 13: In his first remarks after being released from the Tihar Jail, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he will continue to fight “anti-national” forces working to weaken the nation, and asserted the incarceration has only strengthened his resolve.
He stepped out of the jail Friday evening to a resounding welcome by party leaders and supporters who had gathered outside the prison amid heavy rains to welcome their leader who was released as the Supreme Court granted him bail after five months of incarceration in the Delhi excise policy case.
“Truth triumphs over conspiracy (Sajish pe satya ki jeet hui hai),” Kejriwal posted on X after coming out of the jail.
Kejriwal's bail comes as a big boost to the Aam Aadmi Party, which is seeking to make forays in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir in the coming elections and also gearing up to fight to retain power in Delhi where polls are due early next year.
The AAP demanded that the BJP apologise to the country for keeping the “staunchly honest” leader in prison and asserted the apex court bail in the excise policy case has exposed the saffron party's “lies”.
The AAP dubbed CBI and ED as the government's “tota-maina”.
Hitting out at the CM, the BJP said he should immediately step down as the SC has granted him only conditional bail and he continues to be an accused in a corruption case.
“Accused of corruption, Arvind Kejriwal has become ‘a chief minister on bail from a chief minister in jail'. What influence, reputation and stature are left of this corrupt chief minister who will have to report to the investigation officer of the case every Monday and Thursday,” BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia told a press conference.
