The Congress’ official strategy to deal with the activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal is to pretend that he does not exist. But, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the party to ignore the former income tax officer’s campaign entirely, given that he has begun to target individuals. As a result, the Congress has been alternating between enigmatic silences and sometimes, ill-considered responses. After the IAC split last month did Kejriwal begin to name individuals and present documents to “prove” their involvement in acts of corruption. Of those targeted so far, only BJP president Nitin Gadkari is an opposition leader. The four others are firmly in the UPA camp Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise Khurshid, former Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit even though Kejriwal says he is Khurshid was heard on television channels saying that though Kejriwal could visit his constituency, Farrukhabad, he might experience some difficulty in leaving the area. To those who watched the clip the Law Minister seemed to be at its theatrical best, but in cold print it sounded like a threat. On Monday, Mr. Khurshid clarified that he had meant the people of Farrukhabad would themselves respond to the allegations. But he couldn’t resist describing Kejriwal as an ant trying to take on an elephant. Singh, on his part, has called the former income tax officer “a self-serving megalomaniac” and raised questions about the foreign funds flowing into his NGO. Even as Kejriwal faces questions on the funding of his outfit, and the direction of his movement by IAC members, the elephantine Congress is yet to come to grips with how to deal with the ant.