Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician and the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He is also the former Chief Minister of Delhi. Before venturing into politics, Kejriwal was a civil servant, having graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur with a degree in mechanical engineering. He later joined the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) as a Joint Commissioner of Income Tax.
Arvind Kejriwal rose to prominence as an anti-corruption activist during the India Against Corruption movement, which gained widespread support in the early 2010s. In 2012, he founded the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to bring transparency and combat corruption in politics. Kejriwal became the youngest Chief Minister of Delhi in 2013, leading a coalition government with the Congress, but his tenure lasted only 49 days due to his resignation over the failure to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill. He was re-elected as Chief Minister in 2015, securing a historic mandate for AAP with a landslide victory.
In 2024, Kejriwal resigned as Chief Minister following his involvement in the 2022 excise policy scam. Allegations surfaced that changes made to Delhi’s excise policy benefited liquor suppliers, leading to investigations by central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Kejriwal denied the allegations, and after being granted bail in the case, he announced his intention to seek a “certificate” from the people in the upcoming elections. His leadership of AAP and the “Brand Kejriwal” face a major test in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections.
Kejriwal’s tenure was also marked by frequent clashes with Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor, with tensions often escalating over administrative control and decision-making, particularly in areas that fell under central government jurisdiction.
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.