In a show of opposition unity ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, I.N.D.I.A bloc leaders on Sunday came together at the 'Loktantra Bachao' rally at the Ramlila maidan, New Delhi in the backdrop of Delhi Chief Minsiter Arvind Kejriwal's arrest. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI general secretary D Raja, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, NC's Farooq Abdullah and Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren were among those present.
Wife of Delhi CM, Sunita Kejriwal, read out her husband's message from Enforcement Directorate custody at the INDIA bloc maharally. Tyranny won't work and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal cannot be kept behind bars for long, she read. In her maiden speech at a political rally, Sunita also asked people whether Kejriwal should resign as Chief Minister. "The BJP is demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Kejriwal. Should he resign? Is his arrest justified? He is a 'sher' (lion). They won't be able to keep him behind bars for long," she said.