Kejriwal: Kejriwal declares jailed MLA Vasava as AAP candidate for 2024 Lok Sabha polls | Surat News
Surat: Strongly rallying behind the jailed AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava, the party’s national convenor and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday declared the young tribal turk as the AAP candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Bharuch constituency.
Thirty-six-year-old Vasava, the trusted lieutenant-turned-bete noire of tribal strongman Chhotu Vasava, is lodged in jail after he surrendered on December 14, 2023, for allegedly threatening forest department officials by firing in the air over some land issue in Narmada district.His wife was also arrested in this case.
On Sunday, Kejriwal and Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann addressed a rally in the adivasi-dominated Netrang town of Bharuch district in support of the Dediapada MLA who is also the Gujarat AAP’s working president.
“When Chaitar Vasava contests election from Bharuch, tribal people should visit every house with his photo to support him if he is not released from the jail by then,” Kejriwal said.
In a scathing attack, Kejriwal said, the BJP was “worse than daakus (dacoits)” as the government did not even spare Vasava’s wife from incarceration. “The BJP government jailed a tribal woman which is an insult to the community,” he said.
On Monday, Kejriwal and Mann will meet Vasava in the Rajpipla jail.
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