PM would have called Bhagat Singh, Ambedkar ‘dimagi Naxals’: Kejriwal

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Former Delhi chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal. File | Photo Credit: PTI

Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday (August 17, 2026) alleged that if Bhagat Singh and B.R. Ambedkar were alive now, the Prime Minister would have labelled them “dimagi Naxals” (intellectual Naxals) for questioning the system.

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Mr. Kejriwal said he was proud to be called a “ dimagi Naxal” if it meant being a patriot who questions a rotten system, stands against corruption and dreams of a corruption-free India.

During his Independence Day address from the Red Fort, the P M had warned about “ dimagi Naxals” and said that they need to be identified and isolated.

“According to the Prime Minister, a ‘ dimagi naxal’ is anyone who has the courage to question things in this country. Anyone who wants to change the rotten system, wants good government schools, hospitals, electricity, water, sewerage, drainage and good governance, or dreams of a corruption-free India, is a ‘dimaagi naxal’ according to the Prime Minister,” Mr. Kejriwal said in a video message.

The AAP supremo alleged that anyone who is not afraid of the Prime Minister and the BJP and dreams of a developed India is a dimagi Naxal according to the PM.

“If Bhagat Singh were alive today, the Prime Minister would call him a ‘dimagi naxal’ too. If Babasaheb Ambedkar, who fought for equality for everyone, were alive today, the Prime Minister would not spare him either and would call him a dimagi Naxal as well. I want to tell the Prime Minister that I, Arvind Kejriwal, am a ‘ dimaagi naxal’ according to him because I am a patriot, and I am proud of it,” he said.

Senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged that the Prime Minister was extremely troubled by the Gen Z movement and now Gen Alpha has also taken to the streets. “They are asking to stop examination leaks, fix our schools and improve our lives. The Prime Minister is so troubled that sometimes he gets up at 12 midnight to make reels, and at other times he calls these very young people dimagi naxal,” he said.

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