Video: Kejriwal and wife visit families of jailed AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Manish Sisodia on Diwali
Arvind Kejriwal and his wife visited the families of jailed AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh and conveyed Diwali greetings.
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal and his wife on Sunday visited the families of jailed party leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh and greeted them on the festive occasion of Diwali.
The Delhi Chief Minister met the wife and family members of his former deputy Manish Sisodia – who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in February in connection with the alleged excise policy case – at the official residence of Delhi Minister Atishi and extended Diwali greetings to the AAP leader’s family.
#WATCH | Delhi CM and AAP National Congressman Arvind Kejriwal meets party leader Manish Sisodia’s family on the occasion #Diwali pic.twitter.com/pZOJYI624t
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Later, the AAP National Convenor, along with his wife Sunita Kejriwal, also met the family of AAP MP Sanjay Singh at their home in the national capital.
VIDEO | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his wife Sunita meet family members of jailed AAP MP Sanjay Singh on the occasion of Diwali.
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Manish Sisodia was arrested in February in connection with the excise policy case, while Sanjay Singh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) last month as part of its probe into money laundering allegations in the same case.
“Today, on the occasion of Diwali, I went to Manishji and Sanjayji’s homes, met their families and shared the happiness of the festival,” Kejriwal said in a post in Hindi on X.
“No matter how difficult times are, we, all families, are united and together. We are all fighting the battle of truth and in the end only truth will win,” the AAP chief added.
Manish Sisodia meets sick woman
In related news, Sisodia came out of Tihar jail on Saturday on a short leave of six hours to meet his ailing wife after receiving permission from the Rouse Avenue court on Friday.
Sisodia met his wife at AB 17 Mathura Road, the property currently officially allotted to Delhi Minister Atishi. The same address was previously assigned to Sisodia.
However, Delhi Police did not allow anyone else to meet Sisodia.
On Friday, the Rouse Avenue court in Delhi allowed Sisodia to meet his wife after he sought permission from the court to meet her for five days.
Recently, the Supreme Court rejected Sisodia’s bail application. His previous bail applications were rejected by both the Delhi High Court and the trial court. However, the Supreme Court in June allowed him to meet his wife in custody.
‘Something worse is planned for Kejriwal’
Meanwhile, Sanjay Singh on Friday alleged that “they” have something worse than arrest in store for Arvind Kejriwal even as a court extended Singh’s judicial custody till November 24 after his arrest last month.
While being taken to the courtroom of Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court, Sanjay Singh, without naming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleged that “they had planned something worse than the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal”.
“There is a grand conspiracy to trap Kejriwal. Not just the arrest, they are going to do something worse with Kejriwal. They will do something bigger,” the AAP leader had told reporters outside the courtroom.
Court extends detention
Meanwhile, the court extended the judicial custody of Sanjay Singh in the alleged ED money laundering case till November 24.
Special Judge MK Nagpal also allowed Singh to sign three letters addressed to the Delhi Municipal Corporation Commissioner on development work as an MP.
Justice Nagpal also directed the authorities concerned to produce him before a court in Punjab after it was informed that a production order had been received from an Amritsar court in a defamation case.
The judge also allowed co-accused and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is in judicial custody, to visit his ailing wife under guard on Saturday between 10am and 5pm.
The anti-money laundering agency had arrested Sanjay Singh on October 4 after a slew of raids at his house and other locations.
(With input from agencies)