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TopicAam Aadmi Party

Topic: Aam Aadmi Party

The Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, is a political party founded by Arvind Kejriwal in 2012. It was born out of a civil society movement — Indian Against Corruption — that received massive popular support in 2011-12 after public anger over corruption charges on the then Congress-led UPA government.


It won its first elections in Delhi in 2013, and came to power with outside support from the Congress. But the government lasted only 49 days as Kejriwal resigned since he was unable to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly. The AAP returned to power in 2015, when fresh elections were held, and swept the Delhi elections winning 67 of 70 seats. The first few issues tackled by AAP were the fraudulent inflation of water and electricity bills, promising the people of Delhi certain free units of electricity.


The AAP government in Delhi has been in a tussle with the BJP-ruled central government and the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) over the division of powers. Kejriwal and several AAP leaders and ministers face corruption charges related to alleged irregularities in the 2021-22 Delhi excise policy case. The case has already landed former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, and AAP campaign manager Vijay Nair in jail.

Punjab govt withdraws land pooling policy. Here’s what it said & why HC stayed its implementation

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AAP’s old foe Majithia ‘knew’ he was next, warned CM Mann before arrest—’will make you scream’ 

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Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia Wednesday in a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Gujarat bypolls: Second straight win for AAP in crucial Visavadar seat, BJP retains Kadi

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Visavadar was among 5 seats the AAP won in 2022 polls that earned it the national party status. Seat has been elusive for BJP for over a decade.

‘Only BS6 commercial vehicles to be allowed in capital from 1 November,’ says Delhi environment minister

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Manjinder Singh Sirsa slams AAP's 'photo-op politics', says Kejriwal cannot live without power and that when the former CM lost Delhi, 'he fled to Punjab'.

Punjab’s most ambitious land acquisition exercise yet faces Oppn resistance, SAD promises agitation

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The state housing department plans to acquire 24,311 acres in southern Ludhiana for urban estate development and has been authorised to begin the land acquisition process.

Saurabh Bharadwaj appointed AAP’s Delhi unit chief, Sisodia Punjab in-charge in major party rejig

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The decision to entrust Bharadwaj with AAP’s organisational affairs in Delhi is an indication that the party is gearing up to stage a turnaround in the national capital.

By opposing farmers’ stir, AAP is playing to the crowd in urban Punjab. But it’s a slippery slope

Chitleen K Sethi -
Protesting farmers have issued call for nationwide protest outside offices of deputy commissioners and ‘chakka jam’ across Punjab after police action at Shambhu, Khanauri borders.

Ram temple googly to bulldozer bouncer, is Harbhajan Singh queering the pitch for AAP

Sourav Roy Barman -
Harbhajan's latest comments on the Mann government's actions against drug smugglers in Punjab while party supremo Arvind Kejriwal is in the state have raised eyebrows.

What a Delhi court said while ordering FIR against Arvind Kejriwal for ‘defacement of public property’

Khadija Khan -
Complaint against former Delhi CM Kejriwal was filed under Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, alleging misuse of public money to put up hoardings in Dwarka in 2019.

BJP wins 4 of 12 elusive Delhi seats it has been losing since 1993. How it ended decades-long drought

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5 of these 12 seats are reserved for SCs, and BJP's efforts to reach out to the Dalit community in them have yielded results, says senior party leader.
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