All Information About Arvind Kejriwal, AAP and his achievements

The “new kid” in the Indian politics, who created a tussle in politics in order to give a whole new meaning to the administration with his newly formed national political party named Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, which means “You” in Hindi), Aam Aadmi means “common man”, so that they could connect to the masses easily and solve a problem of corruption in India. Launching the party on 26 November 2012, he soon became the Chief Minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013.

Arvind Kejriwal started his career as an IITian but soon he cleared Civil Services Examination and worked for Indian Revenue Services (IRS) as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. But he soon resigned as started his NGO. In 2006, he got the Ramon Magsaysay Award as a token of his works. But he is known widely for his efforts to enact the Right To Information Act at the initial level and for his commendable efforts in drafting a proposed Jan Lokpal Bill together with Anna Hazare and his team.

With his efforts, he also protested against the corruption, and fasted with his team at Jantar Mantar, due to which he was also arrested, which ultimately led to formation of AAP. Formation of party led to differences between him and Anna Hazare and they separated their ways as Anna said that his main motive was to fight against corruption and not contesting for elections. They openly protested against the Congress Government and acted as a whistleblower against the scams, corruption prevailing at the centre. He defeated former Chief Minister Shiela Dixit and AAP winning 28 of 70 seats. On 14 February he resigned from his post after failing to implement the Jan Lokpal Bill in Delhi Assembly.

After announcing the participation of AAP in Lok Sabha Elections 2014, he announced that he would contest against BJP’s Prime Ministerial Candidate Narendra Modi from Varanasi. With his stunts, he became one of the most famous politicians overnight and gained immense popularity. He became the fifth most mentioned Indian politician on social networking sites.