We have seen many politicians walk out of hostile TV news interviews (our current prime minister being a case in point). What we don't see often, however, is a politician accusing his interviewer of being corrupt live on camera. And that too merely for asking questions.

All that the journalist said was that the deaths need to be probed and cannot be attributed directly to the policy decision without proof when Kejriwal lost his cool.


"Yeh janta dekh rahi hai ke BBC waale kitne imaandaar hain (The public is watching how honest these BBC reporters are). Fifty-five people have died over the issue [demonetisation] and BBC says we can't link this to demonetisation. This is their honest journalism."

He went on:

"Mujhe sharam aati hai ke aap jaise patrakar yeh kehte hai ke usko link nahi kiya jaa sakta hai (It fills me with shame that reporters like you are claiming that the said deaths can't be linked [to demonetisation) ."