Stung by tweet, Kejriwal calls journalist a Modi agent

September 13, 2016 08:34

When seasoned journalist Shekhar Gupta tweeted last night about the health scare in Delhi, saying '1st malaria deaths in 5 yrs, 1st Chikungunya death now. While Delhi govt safely out conquering Punjab, Goa & Gujarat,' he could not have expected the Delhi chief minister to react quickly, and so vehemently.

Early this morning, Arvind Kejriwal tweeted this in Hindi: 'If you want to do politics come out in the open. Earlier you were an agent of the Congress, now of Modi? Such people have given journalism a bad name.'

An hour later he followed it up with: 'Why don't you also say a few words about your leader who has set out to conquer the world?'

Shekhar Gupta has so far maintained a dignified silence.

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