The BJP on Sunday criticized the INDIA bloc over its Loktantra Bachao rally against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. They asserted that the opposition wanted to safeguard dynasty politics and corruption, not democracy.

BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi claimed that the opposition parties have been engulfed in total corruption. He added that the INDIA bloc is controlled by family fiefdom and their basic modus operandi of the politics is to create a communal, regional, linguistic divide and caste divide.

He further asserted that the opposition try to snatch the power and then fill up their coffers for the interest of their family. Now they are trying to raise this bogey of save democracy (Loktantra Bachao), he continued. He mentioned that the rally is instead to save family and hide corruption.

Apparently slamming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress, Sudhanshu Trivedi said the INDIA bloc was trying to save the family and cover up corruption. Referring to the opposition alliance, the BJP leader said that these birds of the same feather have flocked together to protect their family fiefdom and corruption. Trivedi also claimed all the INDIA bloc parties were against the Ram Temple.

Furthermore, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla slammed AAP for the rally. He asked if the court is not granting relief to Arvind Kejriwal, does that mean that the court is against him. He claimed that the rally is not about saving the democracy but an attempt to save their own corruption.

Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai said the BJP is afraid of the INDIA bloc’s unity and that they are speaking the language of fear. Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed several countries have criticized the BJP over Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge are also expected to address the event.

The DMK on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing the Congress of callously handing over the Katchtheevu island to Sri Lanka in 1974. The party said the BJP was busy playing blame games with the opposition and alleged it was afraid to campaign on its achievements.

In a post on X, DMK spokesperson Manuraj S said the issue was a woeful and outdated political campaign matter. He wrote it is startling that the Prime Minister’s eyes have been opened by a news article based on an RTI enquiry filed by his party person and information provided by his government on an issue that is nearly 50 years old! After 10 years in government, the incumbent party is afraid to campaign on its achievements and is still busy with opposition blaming.

He added either way this is woeful and outdated political campaign issue. PM Modi, citing a media report had accused the Congres of weakening the country’s integrity and interests by callously handing over the Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka in 1974. His response came after a Right to Information (RTI) report revealed how the Congress government led by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi handed over the key island to the neighbouring country.

PM Modi wrote on X Eye opening and startling! New facts reveal how Congress callously gave away Katchtheevu. This has angered every Indian and reaffirmed in people’s minds- we can’t ever trust Congress! Weakening India’s unity, integrity and interests has been Congress’s way of working for 75 years and counting.

The report is based on an RTI reply Tamil Nadu BJP  president K Annamalai received on the decision of the then Indira Gandhi government in 1974 to hand over the territory in Palk Strait to the neighbouring country. Katchtheevu island is where Tamil Nadu’s fishermen in districts like Rameshwaram go since Indian waters are depleted of fish.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal termed her husband as a lion and said that he cannot be kept in jail for long. She was speaking at the Loktantra Bachao rally in Delhi today, which was organised by opposition leaders from the INDIA bloc to protest the arrest of the head of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by the Enforcement Directorate.

In relation to a money laundering case involving the now-cancelled Delhi excise policy, the Chief Minister was detained on March 21. His custody under the Enforcement Directorate has been extended by a Delhi court till April 1 in order to allow for additional questioning.

In addition to Sunita Kejriwal, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti and former chief minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray addressed the Opposition rally at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s wife Kalpana Soren, and other prominent leaders were also present there.

Sunita Kejriwal spoke at the event and said her husband had conveyed a message from behind the bars.

But before reading his message, she questioned everone saying, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, put her husband in jail. Did the Prime Minister do the right thing? Do you believe that Kejriwal is a true patriot and honest person?, she added.

Sunita continued saying, the BJP members are claiming that since Kejriwal is in jail, he ought to step down. Should he resign? Calling her husband a lion, she said, they will not be able to keep him in jail for long.

The Delhi CM’s wife quoted the AAP national convenor’s statement and said, her husband is not asking for votes today. He wants to create a new India with 140 crore Indians. India is a magnificent country with a long history of civilization. From within the jail, he thinks  about Mother India and her pain.

Arvind Kejriwal’s message also stated that they will build a new India if the INDIA Opposition coalition is given the chance.

Concluding the speech, Sunita Kejriwal thanked everyone for giving massive support to her husband.