'Truth triumphs over conspiracy': Arvind Kejriwal after SC bail

In his first remarks after being released from the Tihar Jail Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he will continue to fight antinational forces working to weaken the nation and asserted the incarceration has only strengthened his resolveHe stepped out of the jail Friday evening to a resounding welcome by party leaders and supporters who had gathered outside the prison amid heavy rains to welcome their leader who was released as the Supreme Court granted him bail after five months of incarceration in the Delhi excise policy caseTruth triumphs over conspiracy Sajish pe satya ki jeet hui hai Kejriwal posted on X after coming out of the jailKejriwals bail comes as a big boost to the Aam Aadmi Party which is seeking to make forays in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir in the coming elections and also gearing up to fight to retain power in Delhi where polls are due early next yearThe AAP demanded that the BJP apologise to the country for keeping the staunchly honest leader in prison and asserted the apex court bail in the excise policy case has exposed the saffron partys liesThe AAP dubbed CBI and ED as the governments totamainaHitting out at the CM the BJP said he should immediately step down as the SC has granted him only conditional bail and he continues to be an accused in a corruption caseAccused of corruption Arvind Kejriwal has become a chief minister on bail from a chief minister in jail What influence reputation and stature are left of this corrupt chief minister who will have to report to the investigation officer of the case every Monday and Thursday BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia told a press conferenceAfter being released from jail the AAP supremo held a roadshow from Chandgiram Akhara to his official residence in Civil Lines along with a large number of party leaders and workers carrying placards hailing himAs the convoy moved on the nearly four kilometre stretch slowly it also impacted the traffic flow in the busy evening hoursAfter reaching his residence the CM addressed the party workers and supporters again and said Kejriwal is not important but the country is He also said the country is going through a critical phase as some antinational forces are trying to weaken itI have always fought with these antinational forces and will keep on doing it My fault was not that I committed any corruption my fault was that I raised my voice against those antinational forces so I had to go to jail he addedEfforts are being made to weaken and judiciary and threaten the judges Now efforts are being made to weaken the Election Commission and capture the ED and CBI he saidThe CM sought the blessings of his parents who welcomed him with traditional rituals He hugged party leader Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Delhi former deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav ChadhaThe SC granted bail to Kejriwal in case lodged by the CBI in connection with the excise policy scam saying prolonged incarceration amounts to unjust deprivation of libertyObserving that Kejriwals arrest by the CBI was unjustified Justice Ujjal Bhuyan came down heavily on the CBI saying it must dispel the notion of being a caged parrotHundreds of Aam Aadmi Party AAP workers and senior leaders including Mann and Sisodia were waiting outside the prison to welcome KejriwalAddressing party workers from the sunroof of a vehicle outside the jail Kejriwal raised slogans of Inquilab Zindabad and Vande MataramThe chief minister who was arrested on March 21 by the ED in the excise policylinked money laundering case and then by CBI in June in the corruption case linked to the policy stressed that the jail time has strengthened his resolveI have struggled a lot in my life and have braved huge difficulties but God has supported me at every step He has supported me because I was truthful They put me in jail They thought that by putting me in jail they will break my morale My resolve has grown 100 times stronger and my strength has grown 100 timesThe thick walls of the jail and the bars cannot break me he said My life is dedicated to the nation Every moment of my life every drop of my blood is dedicated to the nation Slogans like Jail ke taale toot gaye Kejriwal chhoot gaye Bhrashtachar ka ek hi kaal Kejriwal Kejriwal rent the airThe 56yearold who has been the fulcrum of the AAPs election campaigns will have a crucial role to play if the party were to succeed in mounting any significant challenge to the BJP and the Congress in Haryana which votes on October 5Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the AAP will defeat the BJP in Haryana and Delhi Kejriwals presence will strengthen us he saidThe AAP chief was arrested by the CBI on June 26 He has challenged in the apex court the Delhi High Courts August 5 order which upheld his arrestOn July 12 the apex court had granted him interim bail in the money laundering case registered by the EDThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or 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