Union Min Hardeep Puri Likens Delhi CM Kejriwal's Wife To Rabri Devi, Claims She's 'Preparing To Hold' CM Post

Hardeep Puri compared Arvind Kejriwal's wife, Sunita Kejriwal, and Rabri Devi and said that she is perhaps preparing to hold the CM post of her husband.

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday compared Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, and said that she is perhaps preparing to hold the CM post of her husband.

While speaking to reporters at the inauguration of the Delhi BJP's election office, Puri said, "The madam your are naming is perhaps preparing to hold the post like Rabri Devi did in Bihar," as quoted by news agency PTI. The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs was responding to a question about AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita.

Earlier in the day, Sunita Kejriwal launched a WhatsApp campaign "Kejriwal ko Aashirvaad" and a helpline number, urging people to support her husband, who is in ED custody in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case.

In a media briefing, Sunita Kejriwal said her husband has challenged the "most corrupt and dictatorial forces" in the country and asked people to support him through their blessings and prayers. Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 in the money-laundering case linked to the now-scrapped excise policy for Delhi. A court on Thursday extended his ED custody till April 1.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission and the Delhi Police have granted permission to the opposition I.N.D.I.A. Bloc to hold a rally at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The rally is set to take place on March 31. 

According to Aam Aadmi Party sources, the slogan of the rally will be ‘Tanasahi Hatao, Loktantra Bachao’ (Remove dictatorship, save democracy). The sources further said that Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, and Uddhav Thackeray will be present during the rally. 

The meeting will also witness the presence of Shiv Sena (UBT faction) leader Aditya Thackeray, Sanjay Raut, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, Derek O'Brien, Thiruchi Siva, Farooq Abdullah, Hemant Soren, Kalpana Soren, Sitaram Yechury, D. Raja, Deepankar Bhattacharya, and Devarajan (Forward Block) will be the speakers.