'Sad national flag couldn't be hoisted at Delhi CM's residence,' says Sunita Kejriwal
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Sunita Kejriwal expresses sadness as national flag not hoisted at CM residence due to Arvind Kejriwal's imprisonment.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita on Thursday (August 15, 2024) said she was sad because the national flag could not be hoisted at the CM residence because of his imprisonment.
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In a post on X, Sunita Kejriwal said that the “dictatorship” can put an elected Chief Minister in the jail but it cannot stop “patriotism” in his heart.
“Today the tricolour was not hoisted at the CM residence. It is very sad. This dictatorship can keep an elected Chief Minister in jail, but how can it stop the patriotism in the heart …,” she wrote in Hindi.
AAP Minister Atishi said Mr. Kejriwal was falsely framed.
“Today is Independence Day, when India got freedom from British dictatorship in 1947. Hundreds of freedom fighters faced lathicharge, went to jail and sacrificed their lives — to get us this freedom.
“They would not have even imagined in their dreams that one day, in independent India, an elected Chief Minister would be framed in a false case and kept in jail for months,” she wrote in a post on X in Hindi.
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