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.
Excellent analysis. If genuine people like Atishi and Raghav Chaddha doesn’t win then it is we voters to be blamed and not the system. We get and deserve what we vote for.
genuine? nincompoops like atishi and Raghav who have no ideology n just follow a stubborn monkey, do not deserve to be elected
See delhi schools and then talk about why they should not be elected. Dont just be a frog in the well. I guess you are not even from Delhi
The print is a Congress ka Dalal
People like Aatishi should win. I am not a supporter of any party. But educated hard working people like her deserve to be in parliment
Kejriwal lost. Arrogance megalomania and unjustifiable ambition overtook him 7/7 for BJP
Good attempt to prop up ASAP candidate, however all 7 seats are of BJP in Delhi for 2 factors , Modi & Kwjariwal
Surprisingly, sitting in Bombay, I can name Ms Atishi Marlena, a most deserving candidate, who has done good work in education.
Good work in education! Did you see the banner in Hindi? The word ‘adhoora’ has been written wrongly. What will a person, who can not write or correct a wrongly written simple word, do for education!
No, we should rather get a PM who does not know difference between trophy and toffee.