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Neither sweet nor a terrorist, just a political opportunist

Whether the AAP will upset the electoral applecart of the major players in Punjab remains to be seen but irrespective of the results, Arvind Kejriwal's tactics reveal a pattern in his politics.

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5 min read Last Updated : Feb 21 2022 | 6:26 AM IST

The National Coordinator of the Aam Adami Party (AAP) or its ‘Chief Broom’ Arvind Kejriwal is not the “world’s sweetest terrorist” as he described himself. He was responding to attacks by his political adversaries in Punjab, where voters sealed their fate in EVMs yesterday.

In concerted outrage, his opponents painted him as a danger to national security after allegations by one-time comrade-in-arms Kumar Vishwas that during the Punjab state election of 2017, Kejriwal had shrugged off warnings against hobnobbing with separatists, claiming that he would “either be the CM of a state or PM of a nation (Khalistan)”.

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