Indus Valley Times

NEW DELHI,MAR 30 : Jailed ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s wife Kalpana Soren on Saturday met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal at the latter’s residence in the national capital. Arvind Kejriwal is currently in Enforcement Directorate custody after his arrest in the Delhi liquor policy case.

Kalpana Soren arrived at Delhi Chief Minister’s residence and extended solidarity to Sunita Kejriwal.

Soon after their meeting, Delhi minister Atishi took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and said that the BJP sould be scared after seeing the video of two “strong women”.

“BJP should be scared when they see this video of two strong women, who have not been intimidated by the brute power of central agencies used against their husbands, who were heading democratically elected governments. I salute @KejriwalSunita and Kalpana Soren for their strength and courage!,” Atishi tweeted.

Kalpana Soren had spoken to Sunita Kejriwal following the Enforcement Directorate’s crackdown on Arvind Kejriwal. Kalpana had said she could understand the problems of Sunita Kejriwal.

“Just talked to Arvind Kejriwal ji’s wife Sunita Kejriwal ji and tried to give him courage. As a friend, I can understand their problems. Illegal arrest of popularly elected Chief Ministers and that too when the schedule of general elections in the country has been announced, is not a normal occurrence for a democratic country. In this hour of crisis, the entire Jharkhand stands with Kejriwal ji under the leadership of Hemant Soren ji. India will not bow down,” Kalpana Soren had said in a post on X.

Hemant Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) working president, was also arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged land scam case in February. Last week, the special PMLA court extended his judicial custody till April 4.

Delhi Chief Minister, during his court hearing on March 28, asserted that the motive of the Enforcement Directorate was to crush the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He also alleged that the sole mission of the federal probe agency was to ‘trap’ him in the now-scrapped liquor policy case.

“I am not opposing the remand petition of the ED. The ED can keep me in custody for as many days as it wants. But this is a scam,” the Delhi CM said. “The ED had two objectives. One is to crush AAP, and the second is to create a smokescreen and run an extortion racket behind it through which they are collecting money,” Kejriwal further said.

Kejriwal, who has been termed the “kingpin of the liquor policy scam” by the Enforcement Directorate, said there were no grounds for his arrest.

-The India Today