'Krantikari Kejriwal' made in TV studio
March 11, 2014  11:29
A video clip uploaded on YouTube has shown Arvind Kejriwal requesting a television interviewer not to ask him about the corporate sector and turn "all the middle class support against us".

The Aam Aadmi Party leader is also seen telling the interviewer to play up a part that will portray him as revolutionary, possibly a reference to Bhagat Singh whose photograph is shown behind Kejriwal.

"Bahut krantikari, bahut hi krantikari (Very revolutionary. Indeed very revolutionary),' the interviewer replies when Kejriwal asks him how the interview went.

The clip has not only raised questions about the Aam Aadmi Party leader's efforts at projecting a particular image of himself but also the role of media in conducting what critics have referred to as "collusive' interviews. Read
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