Arvind Kejriwal, wife Sunita among AAP's 40 star campaigners in Gujarat

The AAP has named Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is behind bars in a money laundering case and his wife Sunita Kejriwal as star campaigners for the Lok Sabha polls in GujaratThe names of senior AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain both of whom are also in jail Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak are also on the list of 40 star campaigners that has been submitted by the party to the Election CommissionNames of Rajya Sabha MPs Harbhajan Singh and Swati Maliwal are missing from the listSunita Kejriwal stepped into the limelight after her husband was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate ED on March 21 in the money laundering case linked to the nowscrapped Delhi excise policyShe has addressed three digital briefings so far in which she read out Kejriwals messages from ED custody and Tihar jail where he is currently lodged She also attended the opposition INDIA blocs Loktantra Bachao rally on March 31 and read out her husbands letterSunita Kejriwal is likely to visit Jharkhand to campaign for INDIA bloc ally Jharkhand Mukti Morcha an AAP source saidJMM chief and former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren was arrested by the ED in January in a money laundering case His wife Kalpana Soren had metSunita Kejriwal when she had come to Delhi to attend the March 31 INDIA bloc rallyMeanwhile the Delhi BJP targeted the AAP over the inclusion of Sunita Kejriwals name in the list of its star campaignersAlong with corruption nepotism is also welcome in the AAP said Delhi BJP chief Virendra SachdevaAsked about the BJPs criticism AAP Delhi convener Gopal Rai said the saffron party has nothing else left to sayThey put an elected chief minister behind bars His wife is not allowed to meet him in person Arent they ashamed Such atrocities are being committed Such atrocities have never been committed on a chief minister But people are watching and they will respond to this with their votes he assertedIn an interaction with PTI editors here earlier this month AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj had said Sunita Kejriwal was the best person to keep the party together in the prevailing circumstances and asserted that her presence has had a positive effect on the cadreOf the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat the AAP is contesting two Bharuch and Bhavnagar as part of the INDIA bloc while its ally Congress is contesting the remaining 24The AAP has fielded Chaitar Vasava from Bharuch and Umesh Makwana from BhavnagarThe Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat will be held in a single phase on May 7 The counting of votes for all seven phases of the Lok Sabha elections will be taken up on June 4This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever