Consider myself lucky for going to jail for my country: Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of supporters gathered outside deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s residence on Mathura Road early on Sunday, shouting slogans of "Manish Sisodia zindabad, shiksha mantra zindabad".
"We are with you," they shouted, as Sisodia waved from an open-roof car. He then left for Rajghat, where scores of supporters and the entire top leadership of AAP had gathered.
While MP Sanjay Singh and MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj went inside, along with Sisodia, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chaddha and mayor Shelly Oberoi remained outside with the supporters.
Later, Sisodia addressed the supporters outside Rajghat. He said the people of Delhi were his family and appealed to them to take care of his wife, currently unwell, while he was in jail.
"I have always worked hard with honesty…I have seen many ups and downs in life, my wife has supported me a lot. when I was in a TV channel, life was good… but I left everything to work with Kejriwal ji in jhuggis… at that time, my wife helped me a lot," he said.
"Today, when they are sending me to jail, my son is in university and my wife will be alone at home… she remains very ill, nowadays. You will have to take care of her," he said, breaking down.
Sisodia said he would fully cooperate with the probe. "I have the love of lakhs of children and crores of countrymen with me. Even if I have to go to jail for a few months, I do not care. We are followers of Bhagat Singh. Bhagat Singh died for the country. If I have to go to jail over such false allegations, it is a small thing".
Urging the children of Delhi to keep on studying, he said, "I will stop eating if you don’t study properly."
Sisodia accused the Centre of sending him to jail on false charges and said he had not done anything wrong.
In a letter to the people of Delhi, Sisodia said these were all false cases because AAP was growing fast in the country. "Today, Modiji is only afraid of Kejriwal ji and not of Rahul Gandhi or any other leader. That is the reason that they levy false cases on AAP leaders every day."
He said he would come out in seven-to-eight months. "I want to tell Kejriwal ji that you should not worry about me but keep working for the country, I consider myself lucky that I am going to jail for the country," he said.
Thereafter, Sisodia left for the CBI office amid heavy presence on the way to prevent the entry of AAP supporters.