'You can break anyone, but not Haryana-wale': Kejriwal in Dabwali
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday sharpened his attack on the BJP government at the Centre, alleging that they wanted to "break" him in jail and make him join the NDA.
"They don't know that I am from Haryana. You can break anyone, but not Haryana-wale," said Kejriwal during a roadshow in Dabwali in Sirsa district ahead of the assembly polls in the state.
The AAP chief said the BJP was scared of his honesty and alleged that the party put him in jail in a "fake" case to "sully" his image.
"They wanted to break me and repeatedly asked me to join the BJP, National Democratic Alliance...I did not break and after coming out of jail, I am before you today," Kejriwal said at the roadshow held in support of Kuldeep Singh, the party's candidate from the Dabwali assembly seat.
The former Delhi chief minister claimed that the BJP used "various tactics" to "break him".
"They stopped my medicines. I am a diabetic but they stopped my insulin. My kidney would have been damaged. We had to get directions from the court to allow insulin to me," Kejriwal claimed.
Kejriwal resigned as Delhi chief minister after being released from Tihar jail last week in the excise policy case. AAP leader Atishi later took oath as chief minister.
This is the AAP national convener's second visit to the state for assembly poll campaigning -- he had on Friday held a roadshow in Jagadhri constituency in Yamunanagar district for party candidate Adarsh Pal.
Haryana will go to polls on October 5 and results of the election will be declared on October 8.
Addressing the gathering during his roadshow in Dabwali on Monday, Kejriwal, referring to the excise policy case, said, "They put me in jail for five months. What was my fault? For 10 years, I have been serving the people of Delhi and ran government with honesty. I ask you, there are two states where electricity is free and available round-the-clock. And the costliest power is in Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP rules."
"Is the one who gives cheap power a (thief) or the other way round. For 10 years, we built good schools, ended the education mafia, gave water and power free, built good roads and hospitals and they say Kejriwal is a thief, he said.
"They slapped a fake case. They are scared of my honesty. Their motive was to sully my image and send Kejriwal to jail so that people would think that I have done something," the AAP leader said.
Kejriwal claimed that after he came out of jail, people in Delhi are saying that he is 'kattar imandar' (fiercely honest), adding that no one believes that he is a thief.
