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The AAP supremo is in Tihar jail in a money laundering case related to the GST policy.
Sunita Kejriwal posted on
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita on Thursday said she was saddened that the national flag could not be hoisted at his official residence due to his imprisonment.
Sunita Kejriwal posted on X that “dictatorship” can put an elected chief minister in jail, but it cannot stop the “patriotism” in his heart.
“Today, the tricolor was not hoisted at the CM's residence. This is very sad. This dictatorial regime can put an elected chief minister in jail, but how can it stop the patriotism in the heart…” she wrote in Hindi.
AAP minister Atishi said Kejriwal was framed.
“Today is Independence Day, when India gained freedom from the British dictatorship in 1947. Hundreds of freedom fighters faced wire charges, went to jail and sacrificed their lives – for us to gain this freedom.
“They never dreamed that one day, in independent India, an elected chief minister would be framed on a false case and thrown in jail for months,” she wrote in a post on X in Hindi wrote in.
“Let us pledge this Independence Day that we will continue to fight against dictatorship until our last breath,” she added.
The AAP supremo is lodged in Tihar jail in a money laundering case related to the GST policy. On March 21, he was arrested by the Law Enforcement Directorate.
The Delhi Chief Minister has been granted bail in the excise policy case registered by the Education Ministry. He is yet to get bail in the CBI case.
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