Blog: An Aam Aadmi and a chartered plane

The use of a business jet by Arvind Kejriwal to fly to Delhi from Jaipur has stirred a hornet s nest. One TV channel went on a frontal assault alleging outright hypocrisy and devoted a full half hour for debate with all the major political parties including AAP and other eminent guests participating on the panel. The mainstream political parties, whose leaders virtually live in business jets in the run up to elections, attacked Kejriwal with sadistic glee and self-righteously tried to justify the extravagance of their own leaders. Kejriwal himself attempted a weak defence when he tweeted, I used India Today private jet as there were no airline flights to attend India Today annual media event. Let Modi, Sonia and Rahul too disclose who s providing them air crafts. It was lost in the din. The damage was done. Social media was already tearing him apart. After the unseemly Somnath Bharati episode, Yogendra Yadav when asked, if in hindsight AAP admits to its failures in the way it handled
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