Arvind Kejriwal slams Wharton forum for disinviting Narendra Modi

Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal said that Wharton University was ‘very wrong’ in disinviting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at their forum.

In his speech via video-conferencing at the Wharton India Economic Forum, Kejriwal Said, “I am not a supporter of Mr Modi. In fact, I don’t agree with him on many things and have publicly opposed him on many occasions. However, I would like to put on record my dismay at the cancellation of his invitation to speak at this forum.” “It is not right. It is very wrong. It is unbecoming of an institution carrying the respected Wharton name,” he added.

Kejriwal has begun his indefinite hunger strike against rising electricity and water prices in New Delhi on Saturday.

Kejriwal has said that sending invitation and later withdrawing it under pressure by university like Wharton “is not right. It is very wrong. It is unbecoming of an institution carrying the respected Wharton name”.

“The argument that since the government is corrupt, so let’s privatise everything, this argument hasn’t worked. We can no longer sidestep the issue of governance…All the policies in the last twenty years were meant to favour big business. In most cases, the policies were directed towards killing small business to favour certain big business houses,” AAP leader Kejriwal said.

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