INDIA bloc leaders assemble at Ramlila Maidan in solidarity with Kejriwal, Soren
Ramlila Maidan here on Sunday to express solidarity with arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, and urged people to vote out the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls to «save democracy and the Constitution».
The leaders who were on the stage at the 'Loktantra Bachao' (save democracy) rally included Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former presidents Sonia and Rahul Gandhi; NCP's Sharad Yadav, NC leader Farooq Abdullah, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray; Left leaders Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Dipankar Bhattacharya; Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav; RJD's Tejashwi Yadav and TMC's Derek O'Brien.
Chief Minister Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal and JMM leader Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana Soren were also addressed the gathering, castigating the Central government over the arrest of their husbands in corruption cases.
Sunita Kejriwal read out a letter from her husband which she said he sent from the Enforcement Directorate's custody.
Thackeray alleged the country has become an «autocracy» under the Modi government, and appealed to the people to throw the BJP out of power.
«We are not here for an election campaign, we are here to save democracy… what kind of government is this, you make allegations and send people to jail,» he said.
«Two of our sisters are fighting, how can the brother stay behind? So we are here for our sisters, Kalpana ji and Sunita ji. Not just we, the whole country is with you,» he said.
Thackeray accused the BJP of misusing the ED, CBI and Income Tax
