Meet the aam 'first family' of Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal's pillars of strength

How would you feel if your father was being called a ‘bhagora’ on posters and in rallies, in TV shows and possibly by people you overhear while going to school? Disturbed, right? Unfortunately, Arvind Kejriwal’s school-going children realised quickly that it wouldn’t help to mope about their father being bad mouthed. Not something you expect children to possess, but Kejriwal’s children grew a thick skin a little to early to survive the political mudslinging that followed their father’s problematic political foray. [caption id=“attachment_2095763” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Arvind Kejriwal. Agencies.[/caption] A   Hindustan Times feature on the Delhi CM-in-waiting’s family says, “Initially, Harshita would be disturbed at times with the attacks mounted by opposing political leaders threatened by AAP, but by the time Kejriwal resigned, she had become immune to the criticism usually heaped on him by political opponents.” In fact, the children had found themselves being caricatured in a BJP print ad where the rival party suggested that Anna Hazare was dead for Kejriwal. It showed Kejriwal with his hands on the heads of his two children, who are seen looking visibly disgruntled. The HT feature traces how the AAP chief’s family stood by him through thick and thin. Kejriwal’s old parents too didn’t let the negativity that comes with politics get to them or their son, the report states. Like we have noted in this article, his wife Sunita Kejriwal was a quiet pillar of strength for Delhi’s future chief minister. She even made sure that the diabetic leader didn’t fall ill despite his ‘anarchist’ ways.