The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday (April 28) said that the Tihar Jail administration has revoked Sunita Kejriwal’s meeting with jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal scheduled on Monday, and accused the BJP-led Centre of treating the party chief “like a terrorist”. Responding to the claim, the Tihar Jail administration said that Delhi Minister Atishi is scheduled to meet Kejriwal on Monday and Bhagwant Mann a day after, which is why the meeting with Sunita will be scheduled after Tuesday.
“Atishi has to come to jail tomorrow to meet Arvind Kejriwal. Bhagwant Mann will visit the following day. That's why Sunita Kejriwal will not allowed to meet Arvind Kejriwal tomorrow,” sources said on Sunday.
What did AAP say?
The AAP accused the Narendra Modi government of “crossing all limits of inhumanity”.
“On the instructions of the Modi government, the Tihar Jail administration cancelled Sunita Kejriwal's meeting with her husband Arvind Kejriwal. Modi government is crossing all limits of inhumanity. An elected Chief Minister is being treated like a terrorist. Modi government should tell the people of the country why it is not allowing Sunita Kejriwal to meet her husband Arvind Kejriwal?” the AAP posted on X.
Two people can meet a prisoner at a time and maximum four in a week, according to jail manual.
Mann raises concern over "treatment" to Kejriwal
Delhi Cabinet Minister Atishi is scheduled to meet Kejriwal on Monday while Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will meet him on Tuesday. Earlier speaking of his meeting with Kejriwal on April 15, Mann alleged that his Delhi counterpart is subjected to deplorable treatment in jail. He said, "It was very painful to see that he (Arvind Kejriwal) is not even getting the amenities that a hardcore criminal gets. What is his crime? That he constructed hospitals and schools and provided free electricity to the public? They are treating him as if he is a very big criminal."
Kejriwal, arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged excise scam, is lodged in Tihar’s Jail No 2 in judicial custody.
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