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. AAP returned to power in 2015, winning an overwhelming 67 out of 70 seats in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Under Kejriwal’s leadership, the government focused on addressing key urban issues like inflation, water, electricity bills, and public services, with a promise of free water and electricity for residents. AAP’s welfare schemes included initiatives like Mohalla Clinics for healthcare and expanding the Delhi Metro network. These initiatives garnered significant praise and boosted the party’s popularity.
However, AAP’s relationship with the central government, led by the BJP, has been marked by ongoing tensions, especially regarding control over the Delhi Police and other administrative matters. The party has frequently clashed with the Lieutenant Governor (L-G), who is appointed by the central government.
One of the biggest controversies surrounding the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in recent years has been the corruption charges linked to the 2021-22 Delhi excise policy. Several key AAP leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, have been accused of irregularities in the policy, which allegedly favored liquor suppliers. The case led to their arrests by central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Convener Arvind Kejriwal was also jailed in connection with the case. After being granted bail, Kejriwal stepped down as Chief Minister, with Atishi taking over the role.
The whole article doesn’t talk of the crimes of this chameleon. Perhaps, SG will condone the Khalistani connections of AAP too. People are not as gullible as you.
When Modi or the BJP is accused of corruption, that communist toilet paper ‘The Hindu’, N Ram, Siddharth Varadarajan and his cohorts pronounce them guilty even when courts hold them not guilty. But they won’t utter a word against Saint Kejriwal who is accused of being neck deep in corruption.
If you’re gonna make blatant biased forum posts like these, just write on the medium instead.
75% of the 20% vote congress gets is Muslim and Christian votes or Jehadi or anti hindu votes . Hindus have mostly deserted congress and that is the root cause of decline of congress from Indian politics as Anthony had correctly pointed out .
I agree. And I think Congress is defending Kejriwaal not only because it fears BJP but also AAP as well. How could they (Cong) not, you yourself implied that BJP is much more comfortable with Congress as opposition and considers AAP a threat.
Also, all non-BJP political parties of India still do not really believe in their existence crisis at all. Because if they had they would have been able to hold INDIA together. Even more, they could have merged all the parties into a single unified opposition Party, but they r busy in their usual affairs like in any other election. If they were really battling for their survival they would be reforming their parties, which is something they still have power to do. For instance look at the rot in Congress since Indira– Gandhi Parivaar proxy rulling, appeasement vote bank politics, lack of vision etc. If Modi somehow loses 2024, all these parties will carry on as if Modi and all his dictatorship never happened at all.
They still have learnt NOTHING. There is no real sacrifice anywhere in opposition. And so, Modi will keep on winning and bullying them. Yogi is already waiting for his turn 🙂
Does BJP has the ability to destroy the idea called Kejriwal? It doesn’t have that ability. Jailing of Kejriwal is the trigger AAP needed to catapult it into all over India. Modi’s end time has started.
Shekhat Gupta I have stopped reading the Print . Your political leanings are blatant and your articles are hollow. I just read this one today and feel very put off. will not read the Print at all
Given India’s global ambitions, some thought could be given to how the world, especially the West, our strategic and economic partner, will view these developments. It may not suffice to task the ORF to devise an index to rate Indian democracy. Foreign governments, like Germany, weigh their words with care. Expect western media to be more robust.
In India, jailed and corrupt become popular. This culture started during colonial times.
Difficult to say where journalistic integrity ends and devotion to a politician starts. Assuming there is a thing called journalistic integrity in the first place.