Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is out on interim bail in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi liquor policy scam to campaign for the Lok Sabha polls, said he would surrender before jail authorities on Sunday.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief, who was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court till June 1, addressed a press meeting on Friday and said he would leave his residence at 3 pm on Sunday.
The Delhi CM also promised that he would not let the state’s work get affected. He said, “No matter where I am, I won’t let Delhi’s work get affected.”
He said, “I don’t know how long I will remain in jail, but I am proud to be fighting against dictatorship.”
He appealed to the people of Delhi to take care of his elderly parents and said, “I have always worked for you like a son. Today, I want to request you to take care of my elderly parents, who do not keep too well these days.”
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court had refused the urgent listing of Kejriwal’s plea seeking an extension of his interim bail by seven days for undergoing certain medical tests, saying since he was given liberty to move the trial court for regular bail, the plea was not maintainable.
The AAP leader had sought an extension of his interim bail by seven days to undergo a host of medical tests, including a PET-CT scan, in view of “sudden and unexplained weight loss coupled with high ketone levels”, which are indicative of kidney, serious cardiac ailments, and even cancer.
The chief minister, in his fresh plea filed before the apex court on May 26, said he wanted to surrender before the Tihar jail authorities on June 9 instead of June 2, the scheduled date for his return to prison.
The top court had on May 10 granted 21-day interim bail to the chief minister to enable him to campaign during the Lok Sabha polls.
It had directed him to surrender on June 2, a day after the last phase of the seven-phase poll was over.
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