Muffler Man Kejriwal's new avataar
The leader, who is known for his trademark grey muffler, augmented his look by wearing a colourful turban over the muffler.
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday came out in a new avatar as he addressed a rally in Delhi for the upcoming assembly elections. The leader, who is known for his trademark grey muffler, augmented his look by wearing a colourful turban over the muffler. Have a look.
He was addressing a rally at Delhi's Kasturba Nagar, one among the 85 rallies he is planning to address over the next two months.
Kejriwal's muffler gained currency last year when he started wearing muffler while campaigning for the Delhi Assembly elections. The party won 29 seats in its maiden run and former a minority government. However, Kejriwal resigned as chief minister on the issue of Janlokpal after ruling for 49 days.
Earlier this month, the Muffler Man campaign was started by volunteers of the Aam Aadmi Party on social media, which turned out to be a fund-raiser of sorts, with the party witnessing a rise in donations ahead of the Delhi assembly elections.
The campaign took the social media by storm and has been trending on Twitter for the past two weeks.
While Kejriwal's 'common man' attire became his trademark, he also faced some ridicule. Party sources said the AAP leader is prone to throat infection during the winter, which is why he prefers to guard his ears and neck with the muffler.
AAP spokesperson Atishi Marlena told PTI that the party did not undertake this campaign but some of the volunteers started it.
Party workers said the idea of Muffler Man initially came from a volunteer in Mumbai.
The response for this from our volunteers was so encouraging that it instantly became a hit. Then a volunteer from London made pictures which further made the campaign famous.