Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, after meeting AAP national convenor and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail on Tuesday, said that Kejriwal is in better health, and “he is getting regular insulin and medical check-ups”.
Mann, sharing Kejriwal’s message, said that the AAP supremo had asked the people to vote. “Vote to save our democracy and the Constitution. Vote against the dictators. Don’t let the politics of hatred win, elect the politics of work,” he said.
Addressing the media after the meeting, Mann said that they talked about families and their shared family AAP. “He asked me about all the facilities being given to the people of Punjab, and asked if we are facing any problems due to the code of conduct or the pressure of the Central Government. I told him that everything is functioning smoothly. We are ready to give our share of 130 lakh metric tons of wheat to the Centre. The farmers are getting paid timely,” he said.
Mann further said that he apprised Kejriwal about his visits to Gujarat and Assam and his campaign in Punjab. “I told him that we (AAP) are getting an overwhelming response from the people everywhere. People know that Kejriwal is put behind the bars wrongfully. People are ready to vote out dictators,” he added.
Sharing Kejriwal’s message, he said: “Kejriwal ji wants you to not worry about him, he is okay, he will keep fighting. He will fight for the rights of the people and to save our democracy.”
Earlier also, Mann had met Kejriwal in Delhi’s Tihar jail. At that time, he had complained about the treatment that Kejriwal is getting in jail. This time, Mann said that Kejriwal ji’s health is better as he is now getting insulin, but the meeting was conducted similarly as the last time. Mann was made to sit on the other side of the glass and they talked through an intercom phone.
“They think they can arrest Kejriwal, break his spirit and stop the Aam Aadmi Party, but they are highly mistaken…Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party will brave these hard times and come out on the other side much stronger,” he said.
Give up Kejriwal’s ‘milni moh’ and attend to farmers: Jakhar too Mann
Chandigarh: Punjab BJP state president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday prodded Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for his amplified love for ‘jailed’ Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking Mann to now focus on the burgeoning farmer concerns and protests in Punjab instead of flying every time in a chopper to Tihar jail to meet beleaguered Kejriwal.
“At a time when distressed farmers are protesting and sitting on railway tracks, Bhagwant Mann’s sorties in choppers and milni (ceremonial meeting) with Kejriwal continues. Previously, Mann tried to act as an advocate of farmers, now he’s left farmers in the lurch,” said Jakhar.
Maintaining clearly that a stronger Punjab will lead to a stronger nation, the state BJP president said that it’s an avoidable confrontation with farmers and Mann should focus his energy on ensuring that the protest ends on railway tracks and elsewhere, which he added, was not only causing distress to farmers, it was also a cause of suffering for the common man in Punjab.
