Sunita Kejriwal will enter the Aam Aadmi Party's Lok Sabha campaigning fray to protest against her husband, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest by the Enforcemet Directorate, said AAP leader and Delhi minister Atishi.
"Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal will enter the fray to protest against Arvind Kejriwal's arrest and seek votes for AAP candidates. It will start from Delhi tomorrow (Saturday)," Atishi said.
Sunita will hold a roadshow in East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday and will hold another roadshow in the West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency the next day, said the Delhi minister.
"Sunita Kejriwal will also visit Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat...People of Delhi, Punjab as well as from the entire country will vote in the favour of Arvind Kejriwal...," Atishi said.
Following the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal by the ED in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy case in March this year, his wife, Sunita Kejriwal has slowly emerged out of the shadows to assume a bigger role to give a fillip to the AAP's campaigning which has been affected by the chief minister's arrest.
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Arvind Kejriwal's judicial custody has been extended till May 7.
His party is contesting the polls in alliance with Congress on the seven parliamentary seats of Delhi wherein AAP has fielded its candidates in East Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi and New Delhi seats. The Congress has fielded its candidates in North East Delhi, North West Delhi and Chandni Chowk seats.