Addressing his first rally in Rohtak after he quit as Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday continued his tirade against the media and accused it of being ‘biased.’ He levied the blame on a certain section of media, accusing it of being biased under the influence big industrialists with vested interests and said that it will have to be ‘set right.’ He alleged that industrialist Mukesh Ambani controls some newspapers and TV channels.
The AAP convener debunked opinion polls and surveys conducted before the polls, saying these had given his party two to three seats in Delhi Assembly polls, but the party ended up getting 28 Assembly seats. “The media has been told to cover Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi and defame Kejriwal. All the surveys shown by the media are paid and therefore demeaned the AAP during the Delhi Assembly elections, but the party managed to win 28 seats. All of it is like matchfixing,” he alleged.
Defending his act of stepping down as Chief Minister, he said that he resigned as he could not compromise on his principles and had no attachment with the comforts of the post. “Certain newspapers and TV channels are saying that I quit because I wanted to run away from governance. I am willing to give my life but I will not compromise on principles. I have showed that I have no love for the chair,” he said, accusing the Congress and the BJP on joining hands over not passing the Jan lokpal Bill. He also said that a lot of ‘hue and cry’ was created over his three-bedroom flat but no one dares to ask Rahul Gandhi or Narendra Modi on how much money they spend on their election campaigns.