Sunita Kejriwal, the wife of jailed Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, will be taking charge of the publicity campaign in the national capital of India, the party announced on Thursday. Notably, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann would also be campaigning in Delhi.
Earlier media reports had predicted that the Delhi-ruling party's campaigning for Lok Sabha elections will get a boost with Sunita Kejriwal likely to hold roadshows in Delhi beginning this weekend.
It is to be noted that Sunita is gradually emerging out of the shadows to assume a bigger role to give a fillip to AAP's campaigning in the absence of his husband who have been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case in March. The judicial custody of Arvind Kejriwal has been extended till May 7.
"The chief minister's wife is scheduled to attend her first roadshow in Kondli reserved assembly constituency represented by Kuldeep Kumar who is AAP's East Delhi Lok Sabha seat candidate in the coming weekend," news agency PTI reported citing a source from the party earlier in the day.
As per the PTI report, Sunita is likely to attend roadshows in the other three Lok Sabha seats contested by AAP in Delhi.
The Aam Aadmi Party, which is contesting the Lok Sabha polls in alliance with Congress in Delhi has fielded its candidates in East Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi, and New Delhi seats, whereas, the Congress party has fielded candidates in North East Delhi, North West Delhi, and Chandni Chowk seats.
According to the PTI report, Sunita also would be campaigning for AAP candidates in Gujarat and Punjab. Her name is part of the list of star campaigners of the party for Gujarat, sources told PTI.
(With inputs from Deepak Rawat)