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.
My heart tells me, CAA will be upheld by the apex court.
2019 election proved, the topics worth discussing about the Modi ghadi are way above the head of majority of the Indian electorates. They know religion, caste, violence and lazy BS. Other topics will have no traction in 2024 with this crowd.
There is no contradiction. Social media is a powerful tool, as UPA II discovered to its cost. The early mover advantage has gone, all political parties are using it effectively to reach out to people with their message. 2. CAA suffers from grievous constitutional infirmities. It deserves to be judicially tested, with the finest legal minds making their case. 3. Political parties are validated on the street. When brave young Mumbaikars were protesting the midnight massacre of trees at Aarey, they deserved physical solidarity from politicians, not just a few tweets. 4. That applies with so much greater force to the brave protests by students of Jamia Millia and AMU. Some will say that is cynical fishing in troubled waters. Of course it is. When governments stumble, idle to expect the opposition not to seek political mileage. Don’t do it from the comfort of your home. Stand with the students, wait outside the police station, help out with legal procedures, including bail.