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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.

Sisodia created ‘Feedback Unit’ to check corruption, used it to snoop instead, says CBI FIR

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MHA in February gave sanction to prosecute former Delhi deputy CM Sisodia under Prevention of Corruption Act. Delhi govt and AAP have called the allegations against him 'bogus'.

‘AAP whimsical, don’t trust leaders’, says ex Bengaluru top cop Bhaskar Rao after switch to BJP

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Rao had joined AAP in April last year, but quit Tuesday and joined BJP a day later. His exit from AAP ahead of assembly polls in Karnataka later this year being seen as blow to party.

Another IAS ‘export from Delhi’: Punjab AAP govt under oppn fire over new education board chief

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Satbir Silas Bedi, a retired IAS officer of AGMUT cadre last posted in Delhi, was appointed chairperson of Punjab School Education Board Friday.

Opposition takes aim at Mann govt after Punjab AAP MLA’s aide arrested ‘for accepting bribe’

Chitleen K Sethi -
Rashim Garg, a close aide of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amit Rattan Kotfatta, was arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh.

‘Greatest low,’ says BJP after AAP, BRS boycott President’s maiden address in Parliament

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Aam Aadmi Party and Bharat Rashtra Samithi boycotted Droupadi Murmu’s address Tuesday to mark their protest against the Centre's policies, including its treatment of states.

Would’ve won MCD polls if ‘psyche was strong’, Delhi BJP chief told workers in executive meet

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Delhi BJP workers were told to resolve to uproot AAP government in 2025, and to educate voters about central schemes & target Kejriwal-led administration on corruption charges.

AAP MLA says got no help from his CM, Centre for exposing ‘contractor raj’ in Delhi hospital

Ishadrita Lahiri -
MLA Mahender Goyal displays wads of cash in Delhi Assembly, claiming hospital contractors were trying to bribe him for writing about irregular staff recruitment.

AAP revamps Gujarat unit after crushing poll loss, names former CM face Isudan Gadvi as chief

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The party, which won only 5 of the 181 seats it contested, dropped Gopal Italiya from the president's post; it has also divided the state into 6 operational zones with a working president each.

Spotlight on AAP’s Sandeep Pathak, IIT prof-turned-MP who helped script Punjab & 2020 Delhi wins

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Pathak was Tuesday named AAP's national general secretary, a position created for him, and made 'Permanent Invitee' to Political Affairs Committee, party's highest decision-making body.

AAP crosses majority mark in MCD polls, puts an end to BJP’s 15-year rule

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Arvind Kejriwal's party won 126 wards out of 250. According to the latest EC data, the BJP —which has been ruling the civic body since 2007 — managed to win 97 seats.
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