4.25 pm: Kejriwal rakes up communalism issue
Coughing furiously, Kejriwal, now sounding like a seasoned politician sought to rake up the communalism issue. He said that the existing parties are dividing the voters up. "I have heard that during Akhilesh Yadav's stint, there has been 101 communal clashes. These parties flare up people's sentiments. Then the Muslims go and sit either on Mulayam Singh Yadav's lap or the hold the Congress hands, and Hindus fall back on BJP. This way we remain divided and the parties keep looting us," said Kejriwal.
He also chose to comment on the contentious Babri Masjid issue cleverly dealing with it in the way of a personal anecdote. Talking about his maternal grandmother or naani (and you can never go wrong with daadi-naani anecdotes in India) he said, how she was not happy about the demolition of Babri Masjid. "When the Babri Masjid was demolished, I asked my naani, you must be very happy, your Ramji's amndir will be built now. To which she said, I don't want my mandir when it is built by destroying someone's masjid," says Kejriwal.
Clever? Sure!
16.10: Media said I am indulging in drama, says Kejriwal
"It was four degree centigrade when I sat on the overnight dharna, media said that I am doing drama, I dare them to sit on the roads all night in that cold show us how you can fake such things," says Kejriwal.
Then he took a dig at Modi's 'development plank'. "You must have heard that there is a lot of development in Gujarat. I am asking, how do you know there is development in Gujarat? Because the media has told you. I am visiting Gujarat 5 March onward too see what development has happened. If Modi ji wants me to visit specific places, if the media wants to suggest places I shall go visit them. If there is indeed development, we can use the knowledge to bring about progress in other states. Otherwise, the lies should also be exposed," says Kejriwal.
16:00 hours: Rahul Modi, all in Ambani's pockets
In a dramatic announcement, Kejriwal read sout two numbers purported to be the Swiss bank account numbers of the Ambani brothers. Modi must bring home the black money in Swiss accounts, he says.
Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi no different, he says. "Rahul is in one pocket of Mukesh Ambani, Modi in the other," he says, demanding why no FIR has been registered against Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra even in Rajasthan where there is now a BJP government.
"Has Vadra also come to some setting with Modi?" he says.
15:40 hours: "There is no Modi wave -- it's the badmaashi of TV channels"
Aam Aadmi Party convenor and former chief minister of Delhi, speaking at a rally in Kanpur, denies that there is any Narendra Modi wave in India. "That is just the badmaashi of these television channels," he says.
Arvind Kejriwal.
Kejriwal is also continuing his tirade against RIL and Mukesh Ambani: He repeats his allegations about gas pricing, and then adds: "Modi is using a helicopter owned by Mukesh Ambani. Some people have sent me photographs too," he says. "Now if Mukesh Ambani asks for a further hike in gas price, can Modi refuse?"
Rs 50 crore is being spent on each rally by Narendra Modi. "They turn the stage into Lal Qilla," he says. "Where is this money from?"
If you vote Modi to power, he says, it will be like getting out of the well and falling into the ditch -- that's your choice between a Manmohan Singh government and a Narendra Modi government," he says.
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