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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.

Kumar Vishwas’ Rebellion May Be Over. Not His Ambition.

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Behind the storm that engulfed the Aam Aadmi Party this week is the story of thwarted ambitions of Kumar Vishwas, the TRP-friendly singing poet with little political clout. RAJGOPAL SINGH

Another win for BJP, not just another loss for AAP

Ruhi Tewari -
The BJP used Modi to full effect to win the MCD polls. Losing on their home turf will hurt AAP the most and put a question mark on their preparations for Gujarat assembly polls. RUHI TEWARI & RAJGOPAL SINGH

BJP’S election machine is already at work in Gujarat

Ruhi Tewari -
Modi has decided to make Gujarat a key focus until the assembly polls later this year and will visit the state frequently with outreach programmes.

EVMs or Canadian Ministers, Amarinder Singh was forthright & unsparing

ThePrint Team -
Singh lived up to his reputation of being forthright and unsparing as he spoke extensively on a range of issues – from beef bans to alcohol restrictions, Punjab’s drugs problem, sedition and the future of his party.

Writings on the Punjab wall

Shekhar Gupta -
Voters don't care if AAP is a party of outsiders, AAP is set to rise as a national force.

Discourse on Delhi’s new daredevils

Shekhar Gupta -
Arvind Kejriwal may feel victimised by the Modi government but he is revelling in it too much, risking a constitutional breakdown

There’s an aeroplane on my roof

Shekhar Gupta -
It can break your heart to tell the story of the terminal decline of a state you so love, where you grew up and...

Main hoon aam patrakar

Shekhar Gupta -
The fact is, journalists have been and will be threatened and abused by those in power, or those seeking it. Should we go neurotic in fear? Or retaliate in anger?
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War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

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Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?

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