Kejriwal's mathematics teacher Satish Bala while speaking to reporters in Bhiwani recalled the inquisitive brain of the AAP leader right from childhood.
"He would ask questions, he wanted to find out more and more about what he was reading. He was filled with passion about what he did. Even when he used to score very high grades in examinations, he never looked very excited, he would not rest and always strived to do even better," Bala said.
Another teacher Raj Mehta recalled that once Kejriwal, who was running high fever, had been advised by his teachers to take rest and not participate in a declamation contest, but he insisted and won the competition.
"He was a great orator right from his childhood," she recalled.
Manoj Kumar, a villager, recalled that Kejriwal's ancestors were of helping nature and had got a well dug up so that women do not have to walk distances to fetch water.
"They had also got a temple constructed in the village," he said.
45-year-old Kejriwal, a Magsaysay award winner who quit Indian Revenue Services to fight graft and shot into limelight as an RTI activist and later with Jan Lokpal bill agitation, will take oath as Delhi's youngest Chief Minister along with six of his ministerial colleagues at a public function at the historic Ramlila Maidan.
Updated on: December 28, 2013 7:56 IST
