Who
is Arvind Kejriwal?
Arvind Kejriwal is the CM of Delhi.
His party (AAP), got a clear majority by winning 67 out of 70 seats in Delhi
assembly elections 2015.
Highlights
of Arvind Kejriwal’s Speech after Taking Oath as Delhi’s CM
Arvind Kejriwal thanked people for
their presence on his oath taking ceremony. He acknowledged their love for his
party by making it win the Delhi Assembly election. Referring to his party’s
victory, he said, “When such a big victory comes, arrogance follows. We need to
be humble”. Acknowledging his defeat in the Lok Sabha elections 2014, he said
that his party was over ambitious, and was taught a lesson for this. He
affirmed to make Delhi a secure and the first corruption-free city in India. He
also opined that if any AAP volunteer does any wrong, the police must give him
double the punishment. Showing his reservations against the VIP culture, he
vowed to end it. He also promised to stay in Delhi and work for its development
for five years.
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Arvind Kejriwal Factsheet
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Current Position
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CM of Delhi
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Age
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46
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DOB
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Aug 16, 1968
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Place of Birth
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Siwani, Bhiwani district,Haryana
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Religion
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Hindu
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Education
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Mechanical Engineering from IIT
Kharagpur
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Profession before joining
politics
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Mechanical Engineer, Civil
Services.
Worked for the Indian Revenue
Service (IRS) as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department.
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Spouse
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Sunita Kejriwal
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Children
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1 son 1 daughter
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Achievements
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He played a major role in
implementing the Right to Information Act (RTI) at the basic level
He was awarded Ramon Magsaysay
Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006
He has written a book Swaraj
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Important positions held
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Joint Commissioner, Indian
Revenue Service (IRS) in the Income Tax Department.
Chief Minister of Delhi- 28
December 2013 to 14 February 2014.
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About
Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal is a social activist
and politician. He is the CM designate of Delhi as his party AAP won 67 of the
70 assembly seats of Delhi. He launched the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2012. A
former Indian Revenue Service officer, he is better known for his key role in
drafting the Jan Lokpal Bill.
In 1999, Kejriwal founded
Parivartan, an NGO aiming to assist the citizens in electricity, income tax and
food ration-related matters. He won the 2006 Ramson Magsaysay Award for
Emergent Leadership for his contribution to empower the poorest at the
grassroots level and implement the Right to Information Act (RTI). He created a
corpus fund with the award money and founded the NGO ‘Public Cause Research
Foundation’ in 2006.
Kejriwal also published a book
called Swaraj in 2012. Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister for
the first time on 28 December 2013 at the Ramlila Maidan and formed the
government with Congress's support. However, his tenure lasted for only 49 days
as he decided to resign from his post after both BJP and Congress turned
adamant and put their foot down against giving clearance to Aam Aadmi Party's
Jan Lokpal Bill.
Personal
background of Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal was born on 16
August 1968 in Bhiwani, Haryana, to a well-educated couple, Gobind Ram Kejriwal
and Gita Devi. Arvind Kejriwal has a younger brother and a younger sister. His
father, Gobind Ran Kejriwal, was an electrical engineer from the Birla
Institute of Technology, Mesra. His father’s work related transfers led him to
several different places. Consequently, Arvind Kejriwal had to spend his
childhood mostly in towns like Ghaziabad, Hisar and Sonepat. He studied at the
Campus School in Hisar. Arvind Kejriwal graduated in mechanical engineering
from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1989. He also spent some
time at the Ramkrishna Mission and Nehru Yuva Kendra in Kolkata.
Kejriwal is married to Sunita, his
batch mate from the National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. She is an
IRS officer. They have two children - a daughter, Harshita, and a son, Pulkit.
Arvind Kejriwal is a pure vegetarian and has been a regular practitioner of
Vipassana.
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Arvind
Kejriwal Elections Result 2014
Year
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Constituency
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State
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Status
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2014
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Varanasi
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Uttar Pradesh
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Lost
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Professional
background of Arvind Kejriwal before entering politics
After completing his studies in
mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, he
joined Tata Steel. He took leave of absence from the company so that he could
concentrate on the Civil Services examination. In 1992 he quit his job. In the
same year he cleared the Civil Services examination and joined the Indian
Revenue Service. In February 2006, he resigned from the post of Joint
Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. While working with the Income Tax
department, he assisted in forming the NGO Parivartan in December 1999.
How
did Arvind Kejriwal joined politics?
During the nation-wide protests
against corruption, Arvind Kejriwal had a difference of opinion with social
activist Anna Hazare. Hazare wanted the Jan Lokpal movement to be politically
neutral. On the other hand, Kejriwal’s opinion was that as no progress had been
attained through talks with different political parties, it was necessary to
get directly involved in politics. An organisation named India Against Corruption
conducted a survey in this regard. The result indicated support for
politicisation. Others involved in the anti-corruption movement too had split
opinions. While Kejriwal’s move was supported by Shanti Bhushan and Prashant
Bhushan, others like Santosh Hegde and Kiran Bedi opposed it.
On 19 September 2012, Anna Hazare
and Arvind Kejriwal found that their differences over formation of a political
party to replace India against Corruption movement were irreconcilable. On 2
October 2012, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Kejriwal announced the
formation of a political party. He mentioned that the party would be formally
launched on 26 November 2012. The Constitution of India was adopted on this day
in 1949.
The party was launched in Delhi on
the scheduled date and was called the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) or the Common Man's
Party. The party contested elections for the first time on 4 December 2013 for
the Delhi legislative assembly. Arvind Kejriwal defeated Sheila Dikshit in the
New Delhi assembly constituency, who had been the chief minister of Delhi for
three successive terms. He was first sworn in as the Chief Minister on 28 Dec
2013. He governed Delhi for only 49 days as he resigned from the post in Feb
2014.
Kejriwal's strategy for 2014 General
Elections
After Arvind Kejriwal's resignation
from the CM's post in February, the AAP set its sights on the Lok Sabha polls.
A month earlier than stepping down, Kejriwal had said that he would not contest
the Parliamentary Elections. He later contested from the Varanasi parliamentary
constituency in Uttar Pradesh against BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate
Narendra Modi, alleging that the party members insisted him to do so. Kejriwal
lost the elections with a margin of around four lakh votes.
Arvind
Kejriwal led AAP's run up to the 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections
After 9 months of Governor's Rule in
Delhi, the Elections Commission of India dissolved the Delhi Legislative
Assembly. This meant that Delhi had a date with fresh elections. Arvind Kejriwal
led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) started making a strategy for the elections.
Initially, the party released a list of 62 candidates for the elections. It
later added eight other names. Thus the party fielded its candidates in all 70
constituencies of Delhi as compared to 69 in the 2013 elections. AAP has
resorted to innovative ways of raising funds for campaigning such as offering
lunch and dinner with Kejriwal via subscriptions. The party also received funds
online from the public. Social media sites too helped Kejriwal gain popularity
among the masses.
Historic
Win in Delhi for AAP and Arvind Kejriwal's Re-election as the Chief Minister
The National Capital Territory of
Delhi went to polls on 7 February 2015 and saw a record electorate turnout of
67.14 percent. But the history was still to be made. Three days later, on 10
February 2015, the “Broom” of AAP swept the Delhi polls. The AAP registered a
slam-bang victory by grabbing 67 seats of the available 70. The favourite BJP
was compressed to be restricted to as minimal as three seats, while Congress
and the rest were crushed to ashes, accounting for none. The chief and the CM
candidate of AAP, Arvind Kejriwal himself won from the New Delhi assembly
constituency with a margin of more than twenty six thousand votes. He defeated
the debutant Nupur Sharma of BJP and veteran Congress leader Kiran Walia.
Kejriwal decided to take oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi on 14 February
2015 (a year after he had resigned from the same post), at the famous Ramlila
Ground in Delhi.
Achievement
of Arvind Kejriwal
- In 1999 Kejriwal helped in the foundation of
Parivartan, an NGO aiming to assist the citizens in electricity, income
tax and food ration-related matters.
- Played a key role to empower the poorest at the
grass-root level and implement the Right of Information Act (RTI).
- Created a corpus fund with the award money he received
from the Magsaysay Award, and with that founded the NGO called Public
Cause Research Foundation in 2012.
- A committee constituted by the Government of India
inducted Arvind Kejriwal as a representative member of the civil society
to draft the Lokpal Bill.
- Participated in drafting the Jan Lokpal bill.
- Arvind Kejriwal became the architect of the movement
that was started by Anna Hazare -- the Jan Lokpal that demanded Citizen’s
Ombudsman Bill.
- To fight corruption cases in government departments
like Delhi Electricity Board, Income Tax Department, Municipal Corporation
of Delhi and the likes, Kejriwal uses the Right To Information Act..
- Exposed alleged corruption and irregularities of
political parties and government agencies through press conferences.
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