Team News Riveting
Vadodara, October 8
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today chanted “Jai Shri Ram” at an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rally in Gujarat’s Vadodara, a day after the oath row at a Buddhism event in Delhi involving his cabinet minister.
Addressing the Tiranga Yatra at Vadodara on the first day of his two-day visit to Gujarat, the AAP convenor said, “We will work together to fulfil God’s desire. God is with me. People are with me. People want a change, which is why they are so upset.” Banners terming Kejriwal “anti-Hindu” and showing him wearing a skull cap surfaced in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, and Vadodara cities on Saturday.
Along with Kejriwal’s pictures, some banners carried lines like “I consider Hindu religion as madness”, while some others had an “anti-Hindu Kejriwal go back” message.
“I would like to tell them that I was born on Krishna Janmashtami. And God has sent me with a special task to finish off these descendants of Kansa, to rid the public of corruption and hooligans,” Kejriwal said. He chanted “Jai Shri Ram” and “Jai Shri Krishna”. Claiming that the posters and banners have used words that are insulting to God, he said that the people of Gujarat would not pardon those involved in the writing and scripting derogatory words.
The development came in the backdrop of a video clip purportedly showing Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam at an event where hundreds took a pledge to convert to Buddhism while denouncing Hindu deities went viral.
