Every AAP worker must be prepared to go to jail: Kejriwal
Hindustan TimesA day after the election commission of India granted national party status to the Aam Aadmi Party, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the short time that the AAP took to reach the coveted status is “nothing short of a miracle” and an “incredible achievement”. Addressing AAP workers at the party’s headquarters on Rouse Avenue, Kejriwal thanked the assembled for their sacrifices, adding that the party faces many challenges as “anti-national forces want to stop the party from progressing”, pointing to the arrest of AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, the former deputy chief minister, and Satyendar Jain, the former health minister. Mentioning jailed AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, the former deputy chief minister, and Satyendar Jain, the former health minister, Kejriwal said, “Sisodia was targeted by political opponents and jailed in a fake case for providing a new model of education. “Only with AAP playing a greater role in national politics can India become the number one country in the world… Even if I have to sacrifice my life working for the betterment of India, I would consider myself to be extremely fortunate.” Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, responding to Kejriwal, noted that his party was given the national party status in its first year of formation.