Kejri takes on media again
Kejri takes on media again, Aam Aadmi Party, Arvind Kejriwal, AAP. Speaking to reporters before launching his roadshow in Bangalore, he accused the media of not bringing out the "truth" about the Gujarat Chief Minister before the people.
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Bangalore: Unfazed by the criticism of his attack on media, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday fired yet another salvo, questioning whether the media had the courage to show the "true story" about Narendra Modi's Gujarat.
Speaking to reporters before launching his roadshow in Bangalore, he accused the media of not bringing out the "truth" about the Gujarat Chief Minister before the people.
"Will the media have the courage to show Gujarat's true story to the people of the country? There is a big question mark," said Kejriwal. Kejriwal began his road show in Bangalore on Saturday to campaign for his party's candidates contesting the general elections April 17 across Karnataka. "Kejriwal's maiden road show in the city is drawing curious crowds and enthusiastic youth, including many who are volunteering to canvas for our candidates in the poll fray from the three Lok Sabha seats in the city," AAP spokesman Rohit Ranjan told IANS. Kick-starting the road show from Hebbal in northwest suburb amid tight security, Kejriwal's cavalcade passed through thickly populated localities such as Ganganagar, R T Nagar, Jayamahal, Cantonment and Queens Road in the city centre by noon. Flanked by the party's candidates - former Infosys honcho V. Balakrishnan (Bangalore Central), Nina Nayak (Bangalore South), Babu Mathew (Bangalore North) as well as party's state unit convener Pritvi Reddy - in a maroon multi-utility vehicle with open rooftop, Kejriwal greeted and waved to the people who stood on both sides of the roads.Meanwhile the AAP released its sixth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. Tribal activist Soni Sori will be the AAP candidate from Bastar in Chattisgarh and senior leader Shazia Ilmi will contest from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
The list includes seats in 13 states and three union territories. FIRs have been filed against AAP leader Kumar Vishwas and a village head following a clash between their supporters even as Congress rejected Vishwas' allegation that its workers were involved in the violence.Rahul Gandhi's representative Chandrakant Dubey alleged that ever since Vishwas has come to Amethi, he has been trying to "vitiating the atmosphere".In Delhi, a court imposed a fine of Rs 2,500 each on Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia for their failure to appear before it in connection with a criminal defamation complaint filed against them.
