Kejriwal arrives in Gujarat on 2-day visit, Mann accompanies him
AAP leaders, meanwhile, said that Kejriwal and Mann might also try to meet Vasava in the prison later on Thursday
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Kejriwal also spoke about the recent arrest of AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava, who has been lodged in the Vadodara Central Jail since July 6 in an alleged case of attempt to murder of a local BJP leader (Express Photo)Accusing the ruling BJP of becoming “extremely arrogant” having been elected to power for three decades in Gujarat, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that he, along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, would meet the people of Gujarat to “have a dialogue” with them.
Kejriwal and Mann, who arrived in Vadodara on Tuesday evening, received a grand welcome at the airport by AAP leaders, including party’s Gujarat chief Isudan Gadhvi, Visavadar MLA Gopal Italia, Vadodara unit leaders Ashok Ojha and Viren Rami.
Speaking to media persons upon arriving in the state for a two-day visit, Kejriwal trained guns at the BJP for “suppressing and repressing” the milk producers in the state as well as the tribals. Referring to the July 14 incident of violent clashes between cattle rearers and the police outside Sabar Dairy in Sabarkantha district, Kejriwal said, “The BJP has been in power in Gujarat for 30 years and their heightened arrogance and corruption have led to such incidents where innocent cattle rearers protesting for their rights were lathicharged and oppressed, resulting in the death of one farmer in the violence.”
Kejriwal also spoke about the recent arrest of AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava, who has been lodged in the Vadodara Central Jail since July 6 in an alleged case of attempt to murder of a local BJP leader in Dediapada, who is the complainant in the case. Kejriwal said, “Chaitar has been fighting for the cause of the tribals and therefore, the BJP continues to file cases against him and find reasons to keep him behind the bars… Both Bhagwant Mann and I will visit Modasa to speak to farmers and then to Dediapada to speak to tribals about their issues,”
Mann and Kejriwal will stay in Vadodara on Tuesday night before heading to Modasa on Wednesday to participate in a Kisan Sammelan. On Thursday, they will address a tribal gathering in Dediapada in Narmada district.
AAP leaders, meanwhile, said that Kejriwal and Mann might also try to meet Vasava in the prison later on Thursday.
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