Letter to the Editor

Such double speak

M Ratan

Sir — The media has quoted Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal as saying that he is a fakir and that he does not have money, unlike many other contestants. He also added that his campaign would be managed by the people’s money. This seems a paradoxical and hypocritical claim when you put it alongside his affidavit which he filed along with his nomination papers from Varanasi, and which revealed his assets at `2.7 crore. Mr Kejriwal boasts about his party and its leadership being very different from others and morally more accountable. How will he defend his ‘fakir’ label although he is a crorepatiIJ