Kejriwal's Gandhigiri: Forgiven Attacker Calls Him 'God'

Kejriwal's Gandhigiri: Forgiven Attacker Calls Him 'God'

Ahead of the polling for Lok Sabha elections here tomorrow, Arvind Kejriwal today visited the residences of two men who had attacked him in the last five days in two separate roadshows in the national capital and said he has "forgiven" the attackers.

The AAP leader also called on Delhi Police Chief B S Bassi and asked him to "track down the mastermind" behind the attacks against him.

In the morning, Kejriwal visited 38-year-old autorickshaw driver Lali who had slapped him at a roadshow in Sultanpuri area of the North West Delhi yesterday.

Lali had first garlanded Kejriwal and then slapped him hard, leaving him with a swollen eye. The police registered an FIR against Lali today.

"I forgave him," Kejriwal said after meeting Lali at his residence in Aman Vihar area of Outer Delhi.

Touched by Kejriwal's gesture, the autorickshaw driver described the former Delhi Chief Minister as "God" and said he made a "mistake" by attacking the former Delhi Chief Minister.

"I have committed a mistake. He is God for me. I did it because he left the government after some days. Government is not just for the Lok Pal bill. There are other important issues also," said Lali.

PTI PHOTO/TV GRAB Kejriwal's Gandhigiri: Forgiven Attacker Calls Him 'God' NEW DELHI | APR 09, 2014 PRINT More Sharing ServicesShare on facebookShare on pinterest_shareShare on twitterShare on email COMMENTS Ahead of the polling for Lok Sabha elections here tomorrow, Arvind Kejriwal today visited the residences  of two men who had attacked him in the last five days in two separate roadshows in the national  capital and said he has "forgiven" the attackers. The AAP leader also called on Delhi Police Chief B S Bassi and asked him to "track down the  mastermind" behind the attacks against him. In the morning, Kejriwal visited 38-year-old autorickshaw driver Lali who had slapped him at a  roadshow in Sultanpuri area of the North West Delhi yesterday. Lali had first garlanded Kejriwal and then slapped him hard, leaving him with a swollen eye.  The police registered an FIR against Lali today. "I forgave him," Kejriwal said after meeting Lali at his residence in Aman Vihar area of Outer  Delhi. Touched by Kejriwal's gesture, the autorickshaw driver described the former Delhi Chief Minister  as "God" and said he made a "mistake" by attacking the former Delhi Chief Minister. "I have committed a mistake. He is God for me. I did it because he left the government after some  days. Government is not just for the Lok Pal bill. There are other important issues also," said Lali. In the afternoon, Kejriwal visited Abdul Basit at his residence in Jamia Nagar. Basit had punched him  last week at a roadshow in Dakshinpuri. "I had hit him to vent my anger. He met me today and I apologised for the act. He has also forgiven  me," Basit, 19, said. He did not elaborate why he had punched Kejriwal. The AAP leader had abruptly ended his roadshow after the attack on April 4. After yesterday's incident, Kejriwal had alleged attacks on him are a part of a "larger conspiracy"  and asked why these were carried out only against him and his party. "Why do these people attack only us and not others? In future, we will also have more dangerous  attacks and life threatening attacks but we have to be ready to face them and not retaliate,"  Kejriwal said. He insisted he will not accept any security. This was the third attack on Kejriwal in less than a fortnight. On March 28, he was attacked by a man, who claimed to be a supporter of Anna Hazare, during  his election rally in Haryana. Kejriwal today met Police Commissioner B S Bassi and asked him to "track down the mastermind"  behind the attacks. After meeting Bassi, Kejriwal said "even if you deploy 20 policemen with me, these attacks will keep  taking place. Track the masterminds and the attacks will stop." The AAP leader maintained that he will not take any security. -- -- http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=836393