The Congress on Thursday came out openly hailing the AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, who is on a four-day Gujarat tour, to contend that there is another voice in the country exposing the “deficiencies” and development “myth” of Narendra Modi. In fact, it also welcomed Kejriwal’s “antics”.
“If the AAP, a voice other than Congress has been showing the deficiencies of Gujarat, exposing hype and myth of Gujarat. We welcome that Kejriwal is going to villages of Gujarat... Kejriwal is doing a job that media should also be doing. If Kejriwal is going there and finding out the truth of Modi’s’ claims, we completely welcome that,” party spokesperson Shashi Tharoor told reporters.
“If Kejriwal’s antics have helped draw the attention, we welcome it. We welcome Indians being well-informed before casting their votes. We want the Indian voter to be aware of the reality,” he said. The party, however, condemned the clashes between the BJP and the AAP workers saying it is a case of “politics of violence” countering the “forces of anarchy”. “It was a revelation to the nation about the kind of alternative politics that is being talked about,” the Union Minister said.