A party volunteer standing outside the venue was interviewed by the enthusiastic reporter. The volunteer flashed his “membership card” and declared that AAP had become a party of “khaas aadmis” since ordinary volunteers like him had to be able to shell out Rs 20,000 to meet his leader. What the reporter chose not to mention is that Mr Kejriwal had spent three hours that same afternoon with over 700 volunteers, where this card-bearing volunteer had conveniently forgotten to turn up. What should have been hailed as a modern, progressive and transparent model for collecting electoral funding, had been turned into a means to vilify a party that is struggling to put together a relatively measly budget of Rs 40 crore for the upcoming Delhi elections.