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Facing criticism over the chaos and vandalism that marked his local train and autorickshaw travel in Mumbai, Arvind Kejriwal today accused the media of blowing up the matter and dismissed the charge that it was a 'symbolic stunt'.
Notwithstanding complaints from commuters of having been inconvenienced by the AAP leader's rides yesterday, Kejriwal said the media was to be held responsible for the 'whole tamasha (drama)'.
"The whole 'tamasha' was staged by the media asking leading questions to commuters about inconvenience caused by my local train travel. Our people did not indulge in any vandalism. The common people were happy with my trip," he told a Marathi news channel in response to adverse criticism in some quarters for 'disrupting' the routine of Mumbai's 'Aam Admi' at peak hour on Wednesday.
