New Delhi, June 2: With his three-week temporary bail for poll campaign ending, AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be back in Tihar Jail on Sunday as a court here put off till June 5 its order on his plea seeking interim bail on medical grounds.
Sources in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Saturday that on June 2 the chief minister is likely to visit Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at the Raj Ghat, the party office at the DDU Marg and a temple before heading to the Tihar Jail around 3 pm. Water Crisis in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal Seeks BJP's Help; LG VK Saxena Blames AAP Government for 'Mismanagement'.
A day before his scheduled surrender, Kejriwal on Saturday held a meeting of the AAP's Political Affairs Committee at his residence before attending an INDIA bloc meeting at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's home.
Prominent AAP leaders including Cabinet minister Atishi, Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh, and MLA Durgesh Pathak attended the PAC meeting, with sources saying the chief minister emphasised the need to keep unity among the party leaders in his absence.
It was also emphasised that Kejriwal will remain chief minister, and his wife Sunita Kejriwal will continue to convey his messages to party leaders, volunteers, and the people of Delhi, the sources said. Arvind Kejriwal Bail Plea: Delhi CM Requests Urgent Hearing in Supreme Court on Application Seeking 7-Day Extension of Interim Bail, Cites Medical Check-Up As Reason.
Kejriwal was released from the jail on May 10 on interim bail granted by the Supreme Court for campaigning in the Lok Sabha polls. The polls ended on June 1. Kejriwal said on Friday that he will leave around 3 PM on June 2 to surrender before the jail authorities.
The chief minister had earlier moved the Supreme Court seeking a seven-day extension of the interim bail granted by it in the money laundering case linked to alleged excise policy scam.
However, the SC registry on Wednesday refused an urgent listing of his plea in which he had pleaded he needed time to undergo medical tests as he was losing weight and was having high ketone level. He then moved the special CBI-ED court seeking interim bail on medical grounds.