Why Modi And Kejriwal Sail In The Same Boat And Continue To Face Attacks

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted today (Monday, 29, Feb) that his car had been attacked with sticks and stones in Punjab’s Ludhiana, where he is campaigning for his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He blamed the state’s ruling Akali Dal.

“My car attacked with sticks and stones in Ludhiana. Front glass pane broken. Badals n Congress nervous? They can’t break my spirits,” Kejriwal tweeted.

Why was he attacked? If Kejriwal looks at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s politics and the attacks the PM faces, the answer would ring in clear.

Modi and Kejriwal face choicest of abusive words and description. Why? Because both Modi and Kejriwal practise different kind of politics and that unsettles the professional politicians. They both raise issues that are ignored by other politics. They both attract extreme hatred or adulation, which is an eyesore for their rivals.

What goes in favour of Modi is that he is the prime minister and well protected by various security agencies. But, Kejriwal is vulnerable because he shuns security.

Kejriwal’s party claimed today that he had a narrow escape in Ludhiana. Kejriwal is on a five-day visit to Punjab, which goes to polls later this year.

“The attackers came within an inch of grievously injuring Kejriwal. It was by only God’s grace that he escaped unhurt,” tweeted AAP leader Ashish Khetan.

On Friday, he faced black flags and protests by reported Akali Dal and BJP workers during a public meeting at Chandigarh.

Kejriwal hit out at political rivals and said he would “go to the villages and homes of people” instead of making manifestos in air-conditioned rooms.

Meanwhile, the love-hate relationship between Modi and Kejriwal goes on.

Kejriwal, who is facing sedition charge, on Monday said he is a “bigger patriot” than Prime Minister Modi and claimed that BJP does not want to upset PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti by arresting the “real traitors” in the JNU case.

“I have been booked for sedition. I have been raising voice in favour (of) Dalits, the backwards (Pichchdo) and the poor which is why I am an anti-national for them (BJP). My voice cannot be muzzled. I will continue to fight for them,” Kejriwal said in a series of tweets. Kejriwal claimed that those who raised anti-India slogans at the varsity campus were from Kashmir.

Kejriwal, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury are among nine persons who have been booked on sedition charges on Sunday by the Hyderabad Police.

An FIR was also registered against Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Ajay Maken, CPI leader D Raja, JD(U) Spokesperson KC Tyagi, JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and JNU research scholar Umar Khalid on the order of a court based on a complaint filed by lawyer Janardhan Goud.