Arvind Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal (born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician and a former bureaucrat who is the current and 7th Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015.

Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal during the launch of AAP in Bangalore, in July 2013

Quotes

• We should procure this vaccine asap for our children.
  • Arvind Kejriwal commenting on the Pfizer mRNA-vaccine. Original wording: We shud [sic] procure this vaccine asap for our children.
  • — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 27, 2021, on Twitter [1]

• Denying the genocide endured by the Kashmiri Pandits, Kejriwal took a swipe at the BJP and advised them to not promote a ”jhoothi” film. “We will grant you honour. We will give you respect. We will take you along in nation building. We won’t ask you to put up the posters of a jhoothi film. At least stop promoting this movie. It does not behoove you. You came to do something good in politics, not for promoting films and posters,” said Kejriwal while sporting a wide grin.
  • About the movie "The Kashmir Files". jhoothi means liar.
  • in [2]

• The BJP should ask Vivek Agnihotri to upload it on YouTube and everyone will see it for free.”
  • About the movie "The Kashmir Files". quoted in [3]

Interview (2020)

• [What do you have to say about the man who fired at Shaheen Bagh and has turned out to be an AAP worker, according to the police?] Delhi Police is being used as a political tool. As I told you, BJP has nothing to counter our work with. When nothing worked, they hurled abuses like terrorist, thug and anti-national at me. Delhi Police is their last resort. Suddenly, before elections they have come up with some photos claiming that he is an AAP member. His family members have denied any links with AAP. The country is watching how Amit Shah is coming up with conspiracies at the last moment. The person must be punished, and if he turns out to be an AAP worker, give him double the punishment.
  • We are not soft nationalists, we are hardcore nationalists: Arvind Kejriwal Subhendu Mukherjee & Alok KN Mishra | TNN | Updated: Feb 6, 2020, [4]

• [Do you think EC has done enough to check hate speech in the elections?] I think they could have done much more. They could have stopped whatever is going on. They did take some steps but after the bans were lifted, they began all over again…lost any fear.
  • We are not soft nationalists, we are hardcore nationalists: Arvind Kejriwal Subhendu Mukherjee & Alok KN Mishra | TNN | Updated: Feb 6, 2020, [5]

• [AAP’s manifesto has promised deshbhakti curriculum. What was the need for it?] Gandhiji had said a student who comes out of school or college should have three qualities — he should be a good human being, be capable of earning for his family and should be a hardcore nationalist. We started the happiness curriculum for making them good human beings, entrepreneurship for pet bharne ke liye (earning a meal) and deshbhakti for making them hardcore nationalists.
  • We are not soft nationalists, we are hardcore nationalists: Arvind Kejriwal Subhendu Mukherjee & Alok KN Mishra | TNN | Updated: Feb 6, 2020, [6]

• [Political observers feel you are taking a soft nationalist stand.] We are not soft nationalists, we are hardcore nationalists. We have come out of the Anna movement. Under the Anna movement, we put the Indian flag in the hands of every child and it became a matter of pride. We are kattar rashtrabhakt (hardcore patriots).
  • We are not soft nationalists, we are hardcore nationalists: Arvind Kejriwal Subhendu Mukherjee & Alok KN Mishra | TNN | Updated: Feb 6, 2020, [7]

Supreme court

• "...if such lame excuses are given, then it would be compelled to audit the Delhi government to find out how much money is spent by it to popularise its slogans and messages..." ~ Supreme Court of India judge to Arvind Kejriwal headed Delhi Government while hearing case of air pollution in Delhi. Source article: Delhi Pollution News: Farm fires contribute only 4-10%, not major cause of Delhi pollution, says Supreme Court; Key points: Times of India Dated Nov 15, 2021

About

• Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga had earlier tweeted, ‘When a million scoundrels die, a Kejriwal is born.’ He tweeted this on 25th March 2022 reacting to controversial remarks by the Delhi CM in Delhi assembly mocking the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits, which have been depicted in the movie The Kashmir Files.
  • in [8]

• “Sadly, Kejriwal, instead of taking the opportunity to learn more and walk away from his past support of those who sought plebiscite and independence of Kashmir, has only sided with those who carried out genocide of the Kashmiri Pandits,” he said.
  • GKPD’s international coordinator Utpal Kaul. Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKDP) [9]