'THICK WALLS OF THE JAIL AND THE BARS CANNOT BREAK ME'

In his first remarks after being released from Tihar Jail on Friday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he will continue to fight against “anti-national” forces working to weaken the country and asserted that incarceration has only strengthened his resolve.

Hours after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the Delhi excise policy case, Kejriwal stepped out of jail to a resounding welcome by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and supporters.

Addressing the party workers from the sunroof of a vehicle, Kejriwal, clad in a blue shirt, raised slogans such as “Inquilab Zindabad” and “Vande Mataram”.

“These anti-national forces that are trying to weaken the country, divide it.... I have always fought against them and will continue fighting against them,” he said and raised the slogan of “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”.

The chief minister, who was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a moneylaundering case linked to the excise policy and then by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in June in a corruption case linked to the policy, stressed that the time spent in jail has only strengthened his resolve.