‘Increase jail budget, you will be next’, says AAP’s Sanjay Singh; Dhankhar calls appeal ’emotional’ | India News
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NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh took a sharp jab at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Thursday for imprisoning opposition leaders and increase the allocation for jails in the Union budget.
Pointing out that the central government has reduced allocation for jails, Singh took a jibe at BJP, saying the condition of jails should be improved as ‘you all will go to jail.’
Singh was granted bail in April following his arrest in October 2023 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam.The central agency has also detained multiple opposition leaders, including Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha, as part of the investigation into the same case.
During his speech in the Rajya Sabha, Singh said that the budget for jails should have been increased, considering the ongoing arrests. “I was reading their budget. They have decreased the budget for jails as well. At least increase the budget for jails. You have only allocated Rs 300 crore. Now you have sent me to jail, tomorrow you will have to go to jail. Increase the jail budget and fix the jails. You will be next.”
Pointing out that the central government has reduced allocation for jails, Singh took a jibe at BJP, saying the condition of jails should be improved as ‘you all will go to jail.’
Singh was granted bail in April following his arrest in October 2023 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam.The central agency has also detained multiple opposition leaders, including Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha, as part of the investigation into the same case.
During his speech in the Rajya Sabha, Singh said that the budget for jails should have been increased, considering the ongoing arrests. “I was reading their budget. They have decreased the budget for jails as well. At least increase the budget for jails. You have only allocated Rs 300 crore. Now you have sent me to jail, tomorrow you will have to go to jail. Increase the jail budget and fix the jails. You will be next.”
Vice president and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar responded to Singh’s remarks by calling it ’emotional’ and addressing leader of the house JP Nadda to consider Singh’s suggestion.
“He has made a very emotional appeal to increase the jail budget. You should look into it,” Dhankhar told JD Nadda.
