Congress leader’s muffler fashion statement during meeting with Kejriwal sparks online chatter

When Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge met in Delhi on Saturday, their meeting gained attention not just for its political significance, but also for an interesting sartorial choice. Kharge, hailing from Karnataka, was seen wearing a muffler wrapped around his head, reminiscent of Kejriwal’s trademark fashion statement. The Delhi CM had made the muffler a symbol during his political agitations, but had given it up in recent years. Netizens couldn’t help but comment on Kharge’s fashion choice, which brought back memories of the ‘Muffler Man’.

Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party rose to power in Delhi in 2013, with his ‘common man’ persona, including the iconic muffler, becoming a subject of ridicule among his opponents. However, he and his party embraced the image and even used it in their election campaign, leading to their landslide victory in 2015. The muffler became synonymous with Kejriwal and his party, and made a comeback in the political scene when Kharge sported it during the meeting.

This fashion statement sparked a wave of nostalgia among Kejriwal’s supporters, who took to social media to reminisce about the ‘Muffler Man’. Kejriwal himself had stated in the past that he had stopped wearing the muffler, but its significance still remains strong in the minds of many. The muffler had become an integral part of Kejriwal’s political identity, to the extent that he joked about the CBI finding only ‘unaccounted mufflers’ during a raid at his house in 2015.