The party will now send 10 lakh letters in support of former Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain as a petition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. , Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
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The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said it has collected over 10 lakh signatures of city residents in support of former Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, accused of corruption and currently lodged in Tihar Jail.
The party’s Delhi convenor Gopal Rai told a press conference that the party will now send these letters as a petition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demand the release of the jailed AAP leaders.
The announcement comes nearly a month after the three main political parties – AAP, BJP and Congress – announced a door-to-door campaign to share with the people of Delhi their versions of events regarding the alleged liquor scam Was. The campaigns were announced on March 2, days after Mr. Sisodia resigned from the cabinet along with Satyendar Jain.
While the AAP has tried to garner support for its jailed leaders, the BJP and the Congress have sought to mount pressure on the ruling party and “expose” Mr Kejriwal’s role in the 2021-22 Excise Policy through their respective campaigns. Tried to do.
Claiming that the AAP met its target of getting 10 lakh people to support its campaign, Mr Rai said people wanted to know why those who looted the country were roaming free. while ministers who have done excellent work in the field of education and health are in jail.
The BJP hit out at AAP, saying a letter purportedly shared by AAP leaders on Monday as part of its signature campaign had incomplete details.
He said, ‘After earning money by corruption in liquor and education, Kejriwal ji has also started fake phone numbers. They are misleading everyone in the name of public,” senior BJP leader and Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said in a tweet in Hindi.
Asked about the status of their door-to-door campaign, a Delhi BJP leader said it has been put on hold for the time being. There are many more issues and we are raising them in public. However, our protest against the excise policy scam will not stop until Kejriwal also goes to jail.
A Delhi Congress leader said the party is currently focusing on spreading awareness about the “assault on democracy” by the Center and the opposition’s demand for a joint parliamentary committee probe into the Adani issue.
The Congress leaders did not comment on how many people they contacted during their campaign against the alleged liquor scam. However, a senior leader said that the Congress was the first to expose the “liquor scam”, which was probed by central investigative agencies.