Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s wife, Kalpana Soren, met Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, to express solidarity after Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. Kalpana vowed to fight against the actions targeting democratically elected leaders. Both leaders’ wives are set to attend an INDIA bloc leaders’ rally following Kejriwal’s arrest.

In a social media post in Hindi, the Congress leader posed several questions for the government, including whether there was a scam worth thousands of crores in the allocation of satellite broadband spectrum. ​”Has there been a scam worth thousands of crores in the allocation of satellite broadband spectrum? Why was the new Telecom Bill passed when 143 opposition MPs were suspended? Is there any connection in this?” she asked. “Why was the rule of bidding removed in the allocation of internet spectrum from satellite through the new Telecom Bill?”

The accused, Sreejith, had been staging protest in front of the Secretariat for some years demanding a CBI probe into the death of his younger brother who was allegedly killed during a custodial interrogation by the state police