It may not have been a smooth ride to Farrukhabad, but when Arvind Kejriwal finally got there to address a rally of around 5,000 people, the activist-turned-politician got straight down to business. “Salman Khurshid had threatened us about this trip. Well, we are here. And we will return safely in a few hours,” he said.

Rattled by Kejriwal’s allegations that the trust that he ran with his wife had misused funds to the tune of Rs 71.5 lakh meant for the welfare of disabled people, and forged signatures of government officials, Khurshid told his supporters on October 17 that while Kejriwal was welcome in Farrukhabad, he should also make sure that he could go back.