On Twitter, Kejriwal requested party volunteers & well-wishers not to celebrate his birthday in view of deteriorating health condition of former Prime Minister Sh Atal Behari Vajpayee Ji. It was also said that Volunteers are requested to refrain from visiting CM residence.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted Kejriwal on his birthday. PM Modi took on Twitter and wrote “Birthday greetings to Delhi CM Shri @arvindkejriwal Ji. May he lead a long and healthy life.” Modi and Kejriwal do not share a comfortable relationship and have often launched political attacks on each other.
To his birthday greetings, Kejriwal replied “Thank u so much sir,”
Other politicians like West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and NC leader Omar Abdullah also took to Twitter to wish the Aam Aadmi Party chief.
An IIT-Kharagpur graduate, Kejriwal had joined the services as an Indian Revenue Service officer in 1995 but quit his high profile job in 2012 to form the Aam Aadmi Party.
In 2006, Kejriwal was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership recognising his involvement in the grassroots movement Parivartan using right to information legislation in a campaign again corruption.
On 14 February 2015, he was sworn in as Chief Minister for a second term after his party's victory in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election.