Arvind Kejriwal pays homage to alive RTI activists!

, March 10:

leader

committed a gaffe at his rally when he paid homage to four

activists, of whom three happen to be alive.

Kejriwal started his speech on Sunday by reading an obituary note in which he named Amit Jethwa, Bhagu Dewani, Jaysukh Bhambhaniya and Manisha Goswami as martyrs for the cause of society.

"First of all I want to pay homage to those who have sacrificed their lives in the last 10 years while fighting against corruption in Gujarat," Kejriwal said, adding that he paid homage to all of them "from the bottom of my heart".

Three of the four activists to whom Kejriwal paid homage are very much alive

After his four-day tour of the state to "inspect" the development as claimed by BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi, Kejriwal held a road show and later addressed a rally.

Of the four RTI activists he named, only Jethwa is dead.

He was killed on July 20, 2010 in front of the Gujarat High Court, allegedly by mining mafia.

But the other three are very much alive.

Dewani (64), a lawyer from Porbandar district, told PTI: "I was attacked three years back, but right now my health is quite good...and my fight against corruption is on."

I am likely to join AAP very soon. Kejriwal can provide good leadership to the RTI activists like us, Dewani added.

On July 25, 2011 Dewani was pulled out of his car in Porbandar by five to six persons and was stabbed in his stomach, but he survived. He alleged that minister Babu Bokhiria was behind the attack.

PTI