New Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh said that he acted with determination and courage during his 6-month stay in Tihar Jail. He had also asked his family members not to shed tears. Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Tuesday in the money laundering case related to Delhi Excise Policy. After being imprisoned in Tihar Jail for almost 6 months, he came out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday. He recalled his days spent in Tihar. Let us tell you that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and senior AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain are also currently lodged in Tihar Jail.
Sanjay Singh said, ‘The first 11 days were very difficult in the small room, we were not allowed to go out. I was under police protection. After this I spoke to the jail administration and demanded that I be given rights as a common prisoner. He told that after this he was allowed to go out of the cell for a certain time under police protection. He said, ‘They (Tihar jail administration) decided to allow me to go to the music room, badminton court for a certain period of time. Even issues related to food were given attention.
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read a lot of books
Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that since he did not have a mobile phone, he utilized his time in jail by reading books. He said, ‘I read books of Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. (Ram Manohar) Lohia, Bhagat Singh in those 6 months. I read more in 6 months than I could read in 6 years. After spending 6 months in Tihar, he said that his morale has increased a lot and this will strengthen his further fight. He said- Either you sit at home or fight…we will fight. When Singh was in jail, his wife Anita was handling everything. Talking about how his family handled themselves in his absence, Singh said that they took courage and perseverance and even asked his family to stay strong.
‘Don’t cry’
Sanjay Singh said, ‘It is a difficult situation for any family if they are facing such circumstances but the question is how can we stand strong. I knew that video conferences between prisoners and their families are recorded. He said that he used to try to please his family with interesting stories or some funny incident from the jail. Sanjay Singh said, ‘On the first day they (his family) asked me how are you, how is your health. I told them to always ask me, ‘How are the people in jail?’ No one had to cry. I told him it was being recorded. The people at the top will be happy to see him crying or Sanjay Singh sad.
’24 hour CCTV camera monitoring’
Sanjay Singh told that for most of the time in jail, he was kept in cell number 28 in jail number two, but later he was shifted to jail number 5. He said, ‘This was a strange thing. I was transferred from jail number two to jail number five. Manish Sisodia is in a separate jail and Satyendra Jain is in a separate jail. I don’t know why they consider us such big accused that we all were kept in different jails. I was under CCTV surveillance 24 hours a day. When Singh got the information about getting bail from the Supreme Court, he was admitted in ILBS Hospital.
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Tags: AAP leader Sanjay Singh, CM Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi liquor scam
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 7, 2024, 11:16 IST