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Aam Aadmi Party
Leader	Arvind Kejriwal
Founded	26 November 2012
Headquarters	Ground Floor, A-119, Kaushambi (NCR), Ghaziabad- 201010
Ideology	Swaraj Anti-corruption
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	all of india
ECI Status	State party
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 545
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in	28 / 70 (Delhi Legislative Assembly)
Election symbol
Broom Strick
Website
www.aamaadmiparty.org
Politics of India Political parties Elections

Aam Aadmi Party is India's first newest metro political party (translation: Common Man Party; abbreviated as AAP) is an Indian political party, formally launched on 26 November 2012. It came into existence following differences between the activists Arvind Kejriwal and Anna Hazare regarding whether or not to politicise the popular India Against Corruption movement that had been demanding a Jan Lokpal Bill since 2011. Hazare preferred that the movement should remain politically unaligned while Kejriwal felt the failure of the agitation route necessitated a direct political involvement.

The party's first electoral test was in the 2013 Delhi legislative assembly election, from which it emerged as the second-largest party, winning 28 of the 70 seats. With no party obtaining an overall majority, the AAP formed a minority government with conditional support from the Indian National Congress. The first point in its election manifesto had been that within 15 days, it would pass a bill for a strong ombudsman position that would investigate charges against political leaders on a priority basis. When it became clear that the other major parties would not support this bill, the government resigned after 49 days,This partys support is increasing so fast that one day they will come into power and completely change the history of India forever at the moment the party is still growing.

INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION

Robert Vadra acquires properties worth hundreds of crores from nothing. What is the source of these funds?

In the last 4 years, Robert Vadra has gone on a property buying binge and has purchased at least 31 properties mostly in and around New Delhi, which even at the time of their purchase were worth several hundred crores An analysis of the balance sheets and audit reports of 5 companies set up by him (and owned exclusively by him and his mother) on or after 1/11/2007 show that the total share capital of these companies was just Rs 50 lakhs and these companies together had no income from any legitimate business activity (except by way of interest derived from interest free loans obtained from DLF). Yet during 2007-2010 they have acquired properties which were worth well over Rs 300 crores even at their time of acquisition and are worth more than Rs 500 crore as of today. The ostensible seed money for this acquisition is shown to have come from unsecured interest free loans from DLF Ltd (over 65 crore). The bulk of the properties are also purchased from DLF at a price which is shown far below the market price. Thus 7 flats in Magnolia apartments in DLF Gurgaon are purchased for a total of Rs 5.2 crores by Vadra’s companies when the market price of each flat at the time of acquisition was well over 5 crore and today its price is between 10 to 15 crore rupees per flat. Similarly a 10,000 sq feet apartment in DLF Aralias (Gurgaon) is shown to be purchased for Rs 89 lakhs when its market price at the time of purchase in 2010 was 20 crore rupees and today is more than 30 crore rupees. Not just that, a stake of 50% share in DLF owned hotel in Saket (DLF Hilton Garden Inn) is shown to be purchased for Rs 32 crore when the market value was well over Rs 150 crore. The detail of these properties, their acquisitions are in the accompanying note which refers to the balance sheets and audit reports of these companies which have been obtained from ROC. This massive property buying spree by the son-in-law of the ruling dynasty in the country gives rise to several important questions:

1. Why should DLF give large unsecured interest free loans to Robert Vadra? 2. Why should DLF sell its properties to Vadra at throwaway prices and on the basis of funds obtained by Vadra from DLF itself? 3. It is well known that DLF has been given 350 acres of land by Haryana govt for the development of Magnolia project in Gurgaon (where Vadra was allocated 7 apartments) and has been given various other properties and benefits by the Congress governments in Haryana and Delhi. Is that the quid pro quo for DLF giving Vadra the seed money for the purchase of these massive properties worth hundreds of crores? 4. It is clear that there is a lot of unaccounted black money invested in these properties of Vadra. What is the source of these funds? Are illicit funds of the Congress party being funnelled into this property buying spree by the son-in-law of the dynasty? 5. The above acquisition of properties is only what has come to light from the documents submitted to ROC itself, and maybe just the tip of the iceberg. Preliminary information indicates that there are many other properties purchased by him. It’s significant that 6 new companies have also been registered by him in 2012. Prima facie the facts above show commission of offences under the prevention of corruption act as well offences under the Income Tax Act. Why are these ostensible offenses not being investigated? All these questions need to be answered by a thorough independent investigation. Question is will such an investigation be done and who will do it? Will it be done by agencies controlled by the Government and hence by the ruling dynasty? That is why one needs an independent Lokpal. Question is will it be conceded by those who risk going to jail as a result?

AAP compromising clean politics for Kejriwal in Varanasi?

NEW DELHI: Has the numbers game finally taken over Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s professed claim to do clean politics? Jailed don Mukhtar Ansari's withdrawal from the Varanasi contest comes amidst indications that minority community leaders had expressed support for AAP and acted as a bridge to convince Ansari. The tacit support — that will make Varanasi a contest between BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Kejriwal — comes at a time when ADR data suggests that 15% of the AAP's 200 candidates have criminal cases against them.

Asked about Ansari's decision to withdraw candidature from Varanasi, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal who is contesting from the same seat told reporters in Amritsar, "Congress and BJP have to be removed from the country to corruption. And for this, all the forces must join hands." His statement fueled speculation that the party was willing to wink at the "tainted"background of Ansari- accused in cases of murder and rioting- to raise its stock among Muslims ahead of a contest whose outcome will have crucial consequences for rookie outfit's "secular"credentials

Mukhtar who gave a tough fight to BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi in Varanasi in 2009 Lok Sabha election, on Thursday announced that he will not to fight against Narendra Modi from the seat "to avoid division of "secular" votes.

It is learnt that the community leaders had impressed upon him to consider the proposition. Earlier, Ansari's brother Afzal Ansari claimed that AAP representatives had approached him to seek a withdrawal, a proposal he rejected. When AAP denied this, Afzal Ansari claimed he had CCTV footage of his meeting five AAP representatives. When asked if the party had held talks or was looking for an alliance with Ansari, AAP spokesperson Nagendra Sharma denied this saying, "No AAP office-bearer has met or held talks with Ansari or Qaumi Ekta Dal.

An Ansari-AAP understanding will affect the chances of Congress's candidate Ajay Rai.

AAP leaders have made several overtures towards the minority community to gain their confidence post the Delhi assembly elections. It has given 8%, about 37 of its 430 odd seats, to Muslim candidates (higher than BJP and Congress put together). "Kejriwal's direct challenge to Modi from Varanasi has also sent out a clear message to the community that AAP and not Congress was the party to challenge BJP, Sanjay Singh, AAP leader said.

The possibility of a Kejriwal- Ansari tie up coincided with a report of Association for Democratic Reforms saying that 15% of 200 candidates of AAP have criminal charges while 10 have serious criminal charges pending against them. Ironically, party leaders had used ADR's data to "name and shame 70 legislators with heinous cases against them and in fact has made anti-corruption a poll issue both in the 2012 assembly and parliamentary election. However on Friday, , Singh dismissed this charge as "politically motivated.

He said, "The cases that our candidates have against them are politically motivated. These candidates were charged when they spoke against authority or raised their voice against injustice."

AAP's Jaipur candidate is winning hearts. But will he win the votes?

Aam Aadmi’s Party’s Dr Virendra Singh -- a popular doctor-turned Lok Sabha election candidate -- is already making a difference with his folded hands and beaming smiles in Jaipur. Shanawaz Akhtar reports.If simplicity can fetch votes, then Aam Aadmi Party’s Jaipur City candidate Dr Virendra Singh will surely make a difference in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Pitted against the candidates of two national parties -- Congress’ sitting MP Mahesh Joshi and BJP’s Ramcharan Bohra, political novice Dr Singh, the former superintendent of the state-run Sawai Man Singh hospital, has already made his presence felt within a month-long campaign.

“I have been doing door-to-door campaign and road-shows ever since the party allotted me the symbol. People are welcoming us wholeheartedly, it’s really great,” the 59-year-old, who was also the head of the hospital’s allergy and pulmonary medicine department, says while conducting a road-show on Friday.

The AAP is yet to conduct any major rally in Jaipur so far and has opted for door-to-door canvassing and road-shows.

With folded hands and a smile on his face, Dr Joshi tries to greet every person on the road.

Background

The origin of the AAP can be traced to a difference of opinion between Arvind Kejriwal and Anna Hazare, social activists who had both been involved in Team Anna, a strand of the anti-corruption movement for Jan Lokpal Bill that had gained momentum in India during 2011 and 2012. Hazare had wanted to keep the movement politically neutral but Kejriwal considered that direct involvement in politics was necessary because attempts to obtain progress regarding the Jan Lokpal Bill through talks with existing political parties had, in his opinion, achieved nothing. A survey conducted by the India Against Corruption organisation using social networking services had indicated that there was wide support for politicisation.,

Hazare and Kejriwal agreed on 19 September 2012 that their differences regarding a role in politics were irreconcilable. Kejriwal had support from some anti-corruption movement activists, such as Prashant Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan, but was opposed by others such as Kiran Bedi and Santosh Hegde. On 2 October, Kejriwal announced that he was forming a political party and that he intended the formal launch to be on 26 November, coinciding with the anniversary of India's adoption of its constitution in 1949.

The party's name reflects the phrase Aam Aadmi, or "common man", whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent. A party constitution was adopted on 24 November 2012, when a National Council comprising 320 people and a National Executive of 23 were also formed. Both the Council and the Executive were expected to have more members in due course, with the intention being that all districts and all classes of people would have a voice. Various committees were to be formed to draft proposals for adoption by the party in a process that was expected to take several months. Although one aim was to limit nepotism, there were complaints at this initial meeting that the selection of people invited to attend was itself an example of such practices The party was formally launched in Delhi on 26 November and in March 2013 it was registered as a political party by the Election Commission of India. so basically,For the past two years millions of common Indians came out on streets to fight against the biggest evil in our country today - corruption. This people's anti-corruption movement has exposed the ugly and greedy face of our politicians. No political party in India today works for the common man's needs. The Janlokpal Movement was a call to all the politicians of India to listen to the common man's plea. For almost 2 years we tried every single way available to plead our cause to the government - peaceful protesting, courting arrest, indefinite fasting several rounds of negotiations with the ruling government - we tried everything possible to convince the government to form a strong anti- corruption law. But despite the huge wave of public support in favour of a strong anti-corruption law, all political parties cheated the people of India and deliberately sabotaged the Janlokpal Bill. The time for peaceful fasts and protests is gone. This is the time for action. Since most political parties are corrupt, greedy and thick skinned, it's time to bring political power back into the people's hands. We are not saying that every single politician is corrupt and greedy. There are many good intentioned people in politics today who want to work honestly for the people of India. But the current system of polity does not allow honest politicians to function. We are also not claiming that every single person who joins our party will be hundred percent honest. We are saying that it is the system that has become very corrupt and needs to be changed immediately. Our aim in entering politics is not to come to power; we have entered politics to change the current corrupt and self-serving system of politics forever. So that no matter who comes to power in the future, the system is strong enough to withstand corruption at any level of governance.

AAP & Congress rush to claim Muslim votes in Varanasi

VARANASI: The morning after Quami Ekta Dal candidate Mukhtar Ansari withdrew from the contest in Varanasi, a festive cheer marks the campaign headquarters of both the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and workers of both parties insist that the nearly 2.5 lakh critical Muslim votes would now accrue to their candidates.

"Many people from the Muslim community have told us that it was them who persuaded him to withdraw from the contest. In fact, they have told us, forget about canvassing among us, concentrate on those communities who you are yet to persuade," says AAP's media coordinator Prerna Prasad. Ansari, who has shifted to Ghosi in eastern Uttar Pradesh, was believed to be a hindrance to consolidation of Muslim votes behind any of the BJP's rivals. He is likely to support the AAP in Varanasi since he is the main accused in the murder of Congress candidate Ajay Rai's brother, Awdhesh Rai.

The AAP is waiting for its chief and candidate from Varanasi, Arvind Kejriwal, to arrive on April 14 and start the door-to-door campaign that could help him garner some support. "Muslims are with us, and so are a section of Kurmis as there has been a revolt against Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal for tying up with the BJP," says Prem Sagar Pal, advocate and head of the unit's legal cell.

In the Congress office too, the effect of Mukhtar Ansari's recusal has been taken as a body blow to a walkover to Modi. "We don't know who asked him to withdraw, but we are grateful he did," says Devendra Singh, general secretary of the Pradesh Congress Committee. It is now BJP versus Congress and the more the contest heads in this direction the tougher it will be, he adds.

Supporters of Congress candidate Ajay Rai have been saying that while Modi is bound to resign this seat even if he wins, Rai will still be around. "Kaam ke liye to unhin ke paas jaana padega, (we will have to approach him only for work)," says Arvind Kumar Tripathi, district level Congress leader.

Afzal Ansari, brother of Mukhtar, who is still incarcerated on various charges, says his party will declare its support for one part or the other by April 17, the day nominations begin. The BJP, which has set up its campaign office in the swankiest building in Varanasi, says that all these factors will come to naught. "Modiji will be here between 17-20th April to file nomination, after which campaign will really take off. The result of this election is a foregone conclusion, no questions," says Krishnendu Tripathi, a veteran party worker. "Wave main yeh sab bemaani hai, (nothing really matters in a wave)," he says

Ideology and issues

The AAP says that the promise of equality and justice that forms a part of the constitution of India and of its preamble has not been fulfilled and that the independence of India has replaced enslavement to an oppressive foreign power with that to a political elite. The party claims that the common people of India remain unheard and unseen except when it suits the politicians. It wants to reverse the way that the accountability of government operates and has taken an interpretation of the Gandhian concept of swaraj as a tenet. It believes that through swaraj the government will be directly accountable to the people instead of higher officials. The swaraj model lays stress on self governance, community building and decentralisation.

Kejriwal has said that the AAP refuses to be guided by ideologies and that they are entering politics to change the system: "We are aam aadmis. If we find our solution in the left we are happy to borrow it from there. If we find our solution in the right, we are happy to borrow it from there."

In early 2014, there was some media speculation that an alliance might form between the AAP and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM). Prakash Karat, the CPIM leader, thought that there were some ideological similarities between the two parties, such as their agendas relating to social justice and decentralisation of power. The AAP's Prashant Bhushan explicitly refuted any joining of forces, claiming that there was corruption within the CPIM. A columnist, T. C. A. Srinivasa Raghavan, has said that AAP is right-wing when it comes to morality and left-wing when it comes to economics.

The AAP looking forward towards 2015 election

If the AAP wins in all of the states of india,Andra Pradesh,Arunachal Pradesh,Assam,Bihar,Chhattisgarh,Goa,Gujarat,Haryana,Himachal Pradesh,Jammu, Kashmir,Jharkhand,Karnataka,Kerala,Madya Pradesh,Maharashtra,Manipur,Meghalaya,Mizoram,Nagaland,Orissa,Punjab,Rajasthan,Sikkim,Tamil Nadu,Tripura,Uttaranchal,and West Bengal india would develop better india would become a more self country a stable country.The AAP has found many missing rules that needs to be put in and rules that needs to be changed,why should people live in an india of faillure and misery its time to make a change to wipe away the troubles of india.to wipe the tears of indian citizans to make the sad happy and happy more happy.Although it will never get better straight away even after the AAP has become into power yes it would take time.The other partys have did well in bringinning india together and thanks to them but it dosent seems,to be enough anyone would agree.But its not just about the saying lets vote for the AAP and see what they can do,this maybe the beginning of a new modern india.

Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) there attitude

There is no central high command in Aam Aadmi party. The party structure follows a bottom to top approach where the council members elect the Executive Body and also holds the power to recall it. No MLA or MP of this party will use red lights or any other beacons on his or her vehicles.No MLA or MP of this party will use any special security. We believe that elected people's representatives need the same security as a common man.No MLA or MP of our party will live in opulent and luxurious government housing.No one would need to buy an election ticket in our party. Candidates contesting elections from an area will be selected by the people of that are In all political parties today criminals and mafia goons are given election tickets. Such people will never be given tickets in our party. A thorough screening process will ensure that no one with a criminal record or proven corruption charges could stand for elections from our party.This party will function with full financial transparency. Every single rupee collected by donations to run this people's party will be publicly declared on the party's website and all expenditures will also be declared on the website.Every member of the Aam Aadmi party will have to follow a strict internal code of conduct or internal Lokpal. This independent body will be headed by 3 jurists and other eminent personalities with impeccable public records and will investigate charges of corruption, crime, substance abuse and moral turpitude against all office bearing members of the party. Any citizen can present proof of wrongdoing against a party member. If internal Lokpal finds the party member guilty, he or she will be subjected to appropriate disciplinary action as decided by the internal Lokpal. No two members of the same family will be eligible to contest elections in our party and no two members of the same family can become members of the Executive Body.Today we give our vote to a candidate, he or she wins the election, and then they disappear from our life. Today most elected representatives make no time to listen to the problems of their constituents. And in the current electoral system, the people have no choice but to suffer this candidate for 5 years. We want to create an alternative. We will enact a Right to Reject law wherein the common man does not have to wait for 5 years to remove a corrupt MLA or MP from office. People can complain to the election commission anytime to recall their representative and call for fresh elections.Aam Aadmi Party is fully committed to the principles of gender equity and will represent women and students amply at all levels of party organisation.Aam Aadmi Party is committed to the principles of justice for all and will coopt representatives from the Dalit and other minority segments of society at all levels of party organisation.

Current plans in Delhi

Commitment to passing Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill within 15 days of coming to power. All public servants to fall under its purview. Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill Time-bound investigation and swift disposal of corruption cases. Cases against Ministers, MLAs and Secretaries would be completed in six months to one year. Lokpal would have financial, administrative and investigative independence. It would have the power to initiate investigation and prosecution against corrupt public servants. Those found guilty of corruption would be removed from their jobs, sent to jail and their property confiscated. Citizens’ charter for every government office, setting a time limit for any citizens’ work at a Government office. Concerned officer to be fined if the work is not completed within the time limit. Encouragement to honest officers and protection to whistleblowers Devolving power directly to people; decisions about development in any locality to be taken by Mohalla Sabhas; payments for any work (roads, pavement, etc) to be released only once the work is approved by Mohalla Sabhas. Swaraj Mohalla Sabhas to monitor the functioning of local school, primary health centres, ration shops. Demand for full statehood to Delhi, so that MCD, DDA and Delhi Police are directly controlled by the Delhi government.Delhi’s consumers have been getting inflated bills due to malpractices by Discoms. AAP promises a reduction of consumers’ electricity expenditure by 50%. This will be done by ordering an audit of discoms, rectifying inflated bills and getting electricity bills checked by independent agencies. Licences would be cancelled of any discoms that refuse the audit . Electricity Discoms would be brought under RTI and their accounts made more transparent. Discome monopolies would be ended and consumers would be allowed to choose between two electricity providers. Incentives and subsidies to promote solar energy; target of meeting 20% of Delhi’s electricity needs via solar energy in the next ten years. Individuals installing solar panels in their houses would be allowed to sell extra electricity to the grid.Water is the biggest concern of the aam aadmi in Delhi, as more than 50 lakh people do not get piped water in their homes. AAP is committed to ensuring that all households in Delhi get water in their homes, irrespective of whether they are in slums or unauthorised colonies. Households using up to 700 litres of water (per day) would be given free water. Transparency would be introduced in the functioning of the Delhi Jal Board, who currently keep no account of how much water is received from different sources and how much water is supplied to each area. Bulk meters would be installed and their data put on the DLB website every day. Clamp-down on tanker mafia. AAP opposes the privatisation of the Delhi Jal Board and is committed to the public provision of water to all citizens. Long run solutions to Delhi’s water situation would focus on city-wide rainwater harvesting, reviving Delhi’s water bodies and the conservation and recycling of water More than 15 lakh people in Delhi do not have toilets in their homes; this is a cause of ill-health and insecurity, especially women. AAP is committed to building 2 lakh community and public toilets in Delhi. Sanitation and Waste Management More than 40 lakh people in Delhi do not sewerage lines taking the waste-water from their homes to sewage treatment plants. AAP is committed to connecting all households to the sewage network, irrespective of whether they are in slums or unauthorised colonies. Small, decentralised sewage plants would be built, which would be managed by Mohalla Sabhas. Waste would be managed with the direct participation of people; there would be separation of bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste at the household level and littering would be heavily fine Citizens’ Security Forces would be formed with a branch in each ward, who would provide security to anyone in distress, but with special focus on security of women, children and senior citizens. Women’s Security Ensuring swift dispensing of justice in case of crimes against women by establishing special fast track courts; implementation of recommendations of the Verma Committee. Ensuring lighting and security provisions on roads, parks, buses and all public spaces Commitment to improving the standard of government schools, so that all citizens of Delhi – whether rich or poor – would have access to high quality of education. Government schools to be made as good as private schools. Education A law would be introduced to regulate high fees and donations in private schools and colleges. New colleges would be opened for students from Delhi. Delhi government-run universities, like Ambedkar University, would be expanded. Employment of contractual/temporary teachers in both government and private schools and colleges shall be stopped and all posts would be regularised Government health care facilities would be improved (and made as good as private hospitals) so that all citizens of Delhi – rich or poor – have access to high quality health care. New government hospitals would be opened to ensure Delhi conforms to the international norm of 5 beds for every thousand people. New primary health centres would be established.Use of generic medicines would be promoted to reduce patient expenses on medicines Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Homeopathy and Unani medical systems would play an important role in the government healthcare facilities. New hospitals would be opened for these systems of medicine. Large percentage of diseases in Delhi are caused by polluted air, contaminated water and improper waste disposal; AAP would work on controlling these for a long-term solution. A special task force would work on a war-footing to control dengue in Delhi.Gram Sabhas would be empowered to make decisions regarding Delhi’s villages including extension of Lal Dora; land acquisition in these villages would be possible only with permission of Gram Sabha. Delhi’s Villages Adequate number of schools and hospitals would be provided; farmers would be provided agricultural subsidies; sports facilities would be improved.Regularisation of unauthorised colonies based on rates decided in the notification of March 24, 2008 Process of authorisation, planning and supervisions development works would be done by the local Mohalla Sabha, with direct participation of the people Rehabilitation of people living in slums – flats/plots would be provided on site, or as near as possible to existing location of slums. Process of rehabilitation to be done in consultation with the people. · Slums Till rehabilitation is done, no slums will be demolished; improvement in local living conditions will be made with provision of water, sewerage lines and proper waste management.While inflation is due to central government policies, AAP would take measures to ensure basic facilities remain within reach of the aam aadmi; these would include electricity expense reduction, 700 litres of water made available for free, government provision of high quality education and health , regulating fees of private schools and strict action against hoarders Inflation and Unemployment For increasing employment AAP shall fill all vacant government posts, provide better facilities to industrial areas and provide young entrepreneurs loans at low interest rates Traders: Simplifying VAT structures and opposing FDI in retail Industry: Improving facilities in industrial areas and simplifying licensing procedures Other Economic Issues Contract Labour: No contractual jobs for work that is required 365 days a year; ensuring implementation of minimum wages Unorganised sector: Ensuring social security for unorganised sector workers; regulating wages and working hours of domestics workers; improving working condition of rag-pickers. Street Vendors: licenses and fixed locations to be given to street vendors Establishing a Unified Transport Authority for a holistic transport policy, commitment to providing high quality public transport in Delhi Expansion of DTC bus service and Delhi Metro; improving and making secure last mile connectivity via feeder buses, shared auto-rickshaws and e-rickshaws. Making pavements and cycle tracks on all possible roads; removing unnecessary route restrictions on rickshaws Auto Rickshaws: Increasing auto stands, streamlining procedure for purchasing auto-rickshaws and preventing black marketing, preventing police harassment and revising auto fares in an ongoing manner. Priority to sewage treatment and industrial effluent treatment to prevent polluted water from flowing in Yamuna; preventing encroachment on Yamuna river-bed Environment Protecting Delhi Ridge by clamping down on encroachment; ongoing afforestation in Delhi Animal Welfare Board to be given enforcement authority, and not merely be an advisory body. Scheduled Castes: Ensuring SC component plans is spent on welfare schemes for SCs and reservations implemented; providing low or zero-interest loans for setting up their livelihood. Social Justice Valmikis: Ending contractualisation in safai karamchari posts, providing educational and livelihood opportunities to help them find employment in fields other than those of safai karamcharis. Muslims: Ending harassment by police and prosecution of Muslim youth in false cases, improving functioning of Delhi wakf board. Victims of 1984 Sikh massacre: Providing justice to victims of 1984 riots, re-opening wrongly closed cases, improving living conditions in areas like Tilak Nagar where many victims now live. Status of Punjabi and Urdu as second language: Providing them genuine status as second language by ensuring adequate facilities and filling vacant posts Persons with Disability: Expanding definition of disability, ensuring their admission into schools and colleges; priority to making all public buildings barrier-free and accessible. Other marginalised groups: Efforts to end discrimination against and improve living conditions of nomadic communities (NT/DNT), trans-genders and other marginalised communities.They say that They will improve india with new ideas .

First changes that they would do in India

Issue 1) End of VIP culture in Delhi : No member of the Delhi Legislative assembly, minister of the Delhi government or government official would be allowed to use transportation with red beacons. He will not live in big bungalows and shall not ask for special security for himself. Every minister/ official should live like a common man.

Issue 2) A strong anti-graft Lokapal bill would be passed. It would amount to investigation of all the scams that the Congress and BJP have done till now in the Delhi government and the MCD.

Issue 3) The law of Swaraj will be enacted in Delhi. The right to take decisions about his Mohalla/colony/street will be given directly to the people. The councillor and MLA funds in Delhi would be discontinued. The money would be given directly to the Mohalla Sabhas so that the public decides on how to spend the money in its locality.

Issue 4) Delhi would be granted the status of a "Complete State" Issue 5) Compulsory audit of all electricity companies. The electricity bills would be slashed to half. Issue 6) Every malfunctioning electricity meter in Delhi would be probed for irregularities.

Issue 7) 700 litres of clean water would be supplied daily to each and every house of Delhi.

Issue 8) All unauthorized colonies in Delhi would be regularized within a year and basic civic amenities would be provided to them.

Issue 9) Jhuggis shall not be demolished till they people living there are provided with alternate houses. Issue 10) Contract labour shall be abolished in services which are regular in nature. All jobs in such services shall be regularized.

Issue 11) The VAT taxes would be simplified and the VAT rates would be reassessed.

Issue 12) Foreign Direct Investement will not be allowed in retail in Delhi.

Issue 13) All the services and subsidies which are given to the farmers of other states would be provided to the farmers of Delhi as well. Without the permission of the Gram Sabha, land acquisitions shall not take place. More areas in Delhi would come under the jurisdiction of the Gram Sabhas by the extension of Lal Dora.

Issue 14) Government schools will provide better education than private schools. More than 500 new government schools would be opened. The tradition of donations to private schools will be eliminated and there will be complete transparency in the fee structuring of private schools.

Issue 15) New government hospitals would be opened and government hospitals shall provide better healthcare than private hospitals. Issue 16) A special task force for the safety of Women will be established. New courts would be made and new judges appointed so that the redressal of cases related to Women Harassment takes place within 6 months.

Issue 17) New judges to be appointed to facilitate the creation of fast track courts for these special courts mentioned above.

Issue 18) Other parties to support the Aam Aadmi Party in issues relating to central government.

Agenda

As of November 2013, the AAP is proposing to introduce four primary policies:

• Jan Lokpal legislation
• Right to Reject
• Right to Recall
• Political decentralisation

Awareness campaigns

The party has conducted public awareness campaigns to educate people about "right to reject" and requested Election Commissions of certain States to allow voters to exercise their right to reject in electronic voting machines.

As part of its stance on cleaning up government, AAP seeks to work against an alleged nexus between government and private corporations. It also seeks a more gender-sensitive government, with stronger anti-rape laws.

Support

On 26 November 2012, the formal launch day of the AAP, the former law minister, Shanti Bhushan, donated ₹10 million (US$120,000). Prashant Bhushan, his son, is a member of the party's National Executive Committee.

On 18 May 2013, a group of Indian-Americans from 20 different cities in the USA held a convention in Chicago and extended support to the AAP. The convention was attended by two AAP leaders, Kumar Vishwas and Yogendra Yadav, and Kejriwal addressed it via video conferencing. Aruna Roy and Medha Patkar, who had differences with Kejriwal on certain issues, supported him after his 15-day fast against inflated electricity bills.

On 22 March 2014, the Janata Dal (Secular) party of Delhi announced it would merge with the Aam Aadmi Party, citing Arvind Kejriwal's tenure as Chief Minister of Delhi.

Protests

On 23 March 2013, Kejriwal began an indefinite fast in an attempt to mobilize people against inflated power and electricity bills at a house in Sundar Nagri, a low-income group resettlement colony in North-East Delhi. During the protest he urged Delhi citizens not to pay the "inflated" water and electricity bills. The AAP also demanded an audit of power and electricity supply in Delhi by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India also supported by Civil Society Groups like National Alliance of People’s Movement (NAPM). The AAP claimed that the protest gathered support from 100,000 people in Delhi on a single day and from more than 300,000 people up to 28 March 2013. Anna Hazare urged Kejriwal to end the fast and he did so on 6 April.

On 10 June 2013, Kejriwal supported the agitation by Delhi auto rickshaw drivers, who were protesting the Delhi government's ban on advertisements on auto rickshaws. Kejriwal claimed the government's ban was because the drivers supported his party and carried AAP's advertisements on their vehicles. He said that the AAP would put 10,000 advertisements on auto rickshaws as a protest. In retrospect, after Kejriwal had been elected and then resigned his position, a union representing the drivers expressed dissatisfaction saying "Arvind Kejriwal, who had won the elections because of the support of the auto drivers, has betrayed them by not fulfilling any of the promises made before the elections".

Delhi Assembly election, 2013

The 2013 Delhi state assembly elections were the party's first electoral contest. The Election Commission approved the symbol of a "broom" for use by the AAP in that campaign. The party said that its candidates were honest and had been screened for potential criminal backgrounds. The AAP published its central manifesto on 20 November 2013, promising to implement the Jan Lokpal Bill within 15 days of coming to power.

In November 2013, a sting operation conducted by Media Sarkar, alleged that several leaders of AAP, including Kumar Vishwas and Shazia Ilmi had agreed to extend their support to some people seeking assistance with land deals and other financial arrangements in return for donations in cash to AAP. Ilmi offered to withdraw her candidature as a result but the party refused to accept her offer, describing the footage as fabricated and a violation of the Model Code of Conduct. The Election Commission ordered an inquiry regarding the legitimacy of the video.

AAP emerged as the second-largest party in Delhi winning 28 of the 70 Assembly seats; the Bharatiya Janata Party as the single-largest party won 31 while its ally SAD won 1, Indian National Congress won 8 and two were won by others. On 28 December 2013, the AAP formed a minority government in the hung Assembly, with what Sheila Dikshit describes as "not unconditional" support from Indian National Congress. Arvind Kejriwal became the second-youngest Chief Minister of Delhi.

Government of Delhi

After coming to power in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal announced reduction in electricity bills for up to 400 units, driven by subsidy. He also ordered an audit of power distribution companies. The AAP government also announced that the homes with metered connections will receive 20 kilolitres of free water per month, but will have to pay 10 per cent more if they exceed that limit. The government scrapped Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail, thus preventing development by international businesses such as Tesco and Walmart. It established an anti-graft helpline for the citizens to report corrupt officials.

The government's plan to conduct Janata Durbars (public hearings with ministers) were abandoned due to mismanagement. Vinod Kumar Binny, an AAP Member of the Legislative Assembly was expelled after rebelling against the party.

On 20 January 2014, Kejriwal and his ministers staged protests at Rail Bhavan against the Union Government Home Ministry. These came after his Law Minister, Somnath Bharti, had been dissatisfied with the response from the Delhi police to allegations relating to a neighbourhood popular with immigrants from Uganda and Nigeria. Kejriwal was demanding that the police should come under direct control of the Delhi government and that officers who had refused to do as Bharti had requested should be suspended. He said that the protest will not hamper his work as he had brought along files and would carry on working from the venue of the protest. He later claimed that it was the first time in Indian political history that a Chief Minister had protested on the streets to raise his Government's demands for a fair inquiry. After two days, he ended his fast when the Lieutenant Governor, Najeeb Jung, intervened by sending on leave two of the policemen involved and setting up a judicial enquiry.

Also in January 2014, the party's office in Ghaziabad was attacked by right-wing activists protesting against Prashant Bhushan, who has expressed a personal opinion against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Jammu & Kashmir by talking of a referendum in that state to decide whether the people want the army to handle internal security. This caused the AAP to determine that its significant members would in future refrain from expressing opinions on anything that was not agreed by a broad consensus within the party.

Financial support for the party from non-resident Indians have halved while it has been in government, possibly reflecting disenchantment. It has also admitted that its systems may have significantly overstated members introduced through a nationwide recruitment campaign that was affected by hoaxers.

In February 2014, the AAP tried to introduce a Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly, However, Jung said that tabling the bill without his agreement would be "unconstitutional" because the correct procedures for introduction had not been followed. This view was supported by Congress and the BJP, and Jung advised the Assembly Speaker not to allow the tabling. The AAP government stated that it was following all the procedures, and tried to table the bill. When BJP and INC blocked the introduction of the bill, the AAP government resigned. Kejriwal alleged that there was a nexus among Congress, BJP and the industrialist Mukesh Ambani, and the two parties had "ganged up" against AAP after it filed an First Information Report against Ambani.

General election, 2014

The party announced in December 2013 that it intended to contest seats in the Indian general election, 2014, including all those in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. It has recognised that its support is based primarily in urban areas and that different strategies may be required for regions such as Uttar Pradesh where caste-based politics are the norm. By 3 April 2014, 426 AAP candidates had been announced but the party was signalling caution regarding success, pointing out that its funding was limited and that there was too much demand for local visits from key figures such as Kejriwal. The strategy was to field a lot of candidates to maximise the likelihood that it would achieve official recognition by the ECI as a national party, rather than being classified as a state-level party.

How the Aam Aadmi Party Lost Its Way

Prakash Singh/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesArvind Kejriwal, former chief minister of Delhi, addressing the media at the venue of his sit-in protest in New Delhi on January 21.

NEW DELHI — One morning last December, I traveled from my house to Ramlila Maidan, a sprawling area in central Delhi, where Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, was to be inaugurated as the city’s new chief minister.

The enthusiasm at political rallies in India often feels choreographed, with thousands of participants, enticed by some minor reward, ferried in by the truckload. But the energy at Mr. Kejriwal’s inauguration felt spontaneous and organic. An estimated 100,000 people reached Ramlila Maidan by their own means.

At Ramlila Maidan, I met Ishrat Ali, who had run from a constituency in East Delhi on an Aam Aadmi Party ticket and lost. Mr. Ali, heeding Mr. Kejriwal’s call to shun the culture of the city’s political elite, had joined the rally as an ordinary citizen. Mr. Kejriwal himself traveled to his inauguration by subway.

It was an exhilaratingly motley crowd, with supporters who came from beyond Delhi — decrepit satellite towns like Faridabad and Meerut — as well as citizens from the capital’s prosperous, middle-class neighborhoods. I met a man who said he was a military officer. He was articulate and well spoken, but was reluctant to share his name. “I am not allowed to support a political party,” he said. “But I am here because in every defense deal, there is corruption.”

Mr. Kejriwal gave a rousing speech after being sworn in. “We have proved that elections can be fought and won with honest means,” he said, to huge cheers, in the same place where his mentor, Anna Hazare, had led a popular anticorruption protest more than two years ago. At Mr. Kejriwal’s inauguration, there were joy and relief that after years of struggle, a substantial victory had been achieved.

In the early days of Mr. Kejriwal’s time as chief minister, the Aam Aadmi Party’s popularity, especially in urban areas across India, was beginning to rival that of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. Many political analysts thought the Aam Aadmi Party could win anywhere between 30 and 50 seats in the national elections, thereby emerging as India’s third-largest party and stalling the surge in favor of Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate.

Less than four months later, a series of strategic mistakes have belied those expectations and arrested what, at one point, seemed the Aam Aadmi Party’s irresistible momentum. Most opinion polls now project fewer than 10 seats for the Aam Aadmi Party.

Mr. Kejriwal lasted all of seven weeks as Delhi’s chief minister. It is difficult to know what to make of the Aam Aadmi Party’s spell in office. Much of that seemed defined by an unseemly haste and a lack of deliberation.

As if it was exhilarated by its unexpected ascent to office, every move of Mr. Kejriwal’s government appeared to be geared toward making a larger imprint in the 2014 national election. It conveyed the impression of a government perennially distracted by the clamor around it, and employed wholly in the service of short-term strategic aims. In pursuit of maximizing its advantage, Mr. Kejriwal’s government began to increasingly employ confrontation as a modus operandi.

In late January, barely a month after taking office, Mr. Kejriwal staged an extraordinary sit-in on the streets of central Delhi after India’s Home Ministry, which controls Delhi’s police force, refused his request for the suspension of a few police officials. The drama, which lasted two days and included Mr. Kejriwal’s sleeping on the pavement in the harsh winter, earned the Aam Aadmi Party stinging criticism from the press.

The party had ridden to power in Delhi by building a successful cross-class coalition. To add to its core constituency of the urban working classes and the lower middle class, the party had proved successful in attracting the city’s wealthy and influential upper middle class into its fold.

In the aftermath of Mr. Kejriwal’s sit-in, a large section of the upper and middle classes, fatigued with agitation politics and stalled governance, began to be disenchanted with the Aam Aadmi Party.

France-Presse — Getty ImagesArvind Kejriwal, center, Aam Aadmi Party’s official candidate from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency, with supporters on the banks of River Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on March 25.

The support of the upper middle class was significant to the party’s prospects in a deeper way than merely the votes it brought. The party’s Delhi campaign had been entirely propped up by this class. But after Mr. Kejriwal’s sit-in, funding from the upper middle class began to dry up.

The extent of upper-middle-class disappointment with the Aam Aadmi Party can be gauged from the fact that the party, which had set itself the goal of raising a billion rupees, or $17 million, for the general elections, has been able to raise only about one-fifth of that amount.

The Aam Aadmi Party’s minuscule resources have been allied with quixotic ambition. Its funding target of a billion rupees was derived from a plan to contest about 100 seats in the national elections. That seemed a sensible approach for a party with only a nascent grass-roots organization beyond Delhi and few prominent leaders apart from Mr. Kejriwal.

Instead, the Aam Aadmi Party has scaled its target unrealistically upward and is now contesting 424 seats, more than either the governing Indian National Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party. Unlike its shrewd campaign in the Delhi election last year, its decision to contest such a large number of seats has prevented the party from pooling its resources in constituencies where it has a stronger chance of competing.

What has followed is a scattered campaign, in which most candidates have been left to fend for themselves. Mr. Kejriwal, perhaps the party’s only leader with mass appeal, has not spent enough time campaigning in any one region to make a substantial impact. He has made short, much-publicized trips to the states of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, but the party’s lack of clear strategy has meant that he has, in a sense, been everywhere and nowhere.

Belatedly, during the last couple of weeks, after realizing its core base was weakening, the party decided to refocus its organizational energies on Delhi and its surrounding regions. But the move may have come a little too late: The party’s campaign in the capital has been flat, and it may end up paying a heavy price for ignoring its primary base in pursuit of its national ambition.

There may be another reason behind the sharp fall in enthusiasm among Delhi’s voters for the party they embraced with such passion only a few months ago: Mr. Kejriwal’s decision to stand for election in a constituency outside the capital.

In late March, Mr. Kejriwal announced that he would run directly against Mr. Modi from Varanasi, one of India’s holiest cities, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Though Mr. Kejriwal’s decision may pay long-term dividends, pitting him as the main national challenger to Mr. Modi, there is a feeling among Delhi’s voters of having been deserted by the man they recently elected as their chief minister.

For many, Mr. Kejriwal’s decision to run from Varanasi reveals something of the dilettante and confirms accusations from political rivals that he is essentially a maverick. There exists a possibility that the Aam Aadmi Party may even suffer losses within the New Delhi constituency, from which Mr. Kejriwal was elected barely five months ago.

Among political observers, there is a sense that the 2014 national elections were always going to prove too early for the Aam Aadmi Party.

Provided it doesn’t make too many mistakes, the party still has a promising future. If Mr. Modi comes to power, as most poll projections state, his tenure as prime minister is likely to be divisive, creating as many winners as losers, while, once out of power, the Congress party is expected to weaken further. These conditions provide fertile ground for the Aam Aadmi Party to expand further, and it can aim to be a major force in time for 2019.

But the Aam Aadmi Party may regret its failure to seize the opportunity to make a larger imprint in this election. A series of strategic errors cost the party momentum, and its national campaign was diminished by recklessness, an absence of clear strategy and overweening ambition.

Jan Lokpal Bill an alibi for Aam Aadmi Party to run away from government

NEW DELHI: Congress today attacked Arvind Kejriwal for his statement that AAP should not have quit the government in Delhi in a hurry, saying the party made the non-passage of Jan Lokpal Bill an alibi to "run away".

Congress General Secretary Shakeel Ahmed told reporters that Aam Aadmi Party coming to power was a fluke as Congress had "rightly decided" to support them to form the government knowing fully well that they could not implement the promises made to the people. He said Kejriwal and his team quit Delhi government as they had national ambitions and therefore they made the non-passage of Jan Lokpal Bill an alibi to "run away".

Ahmed said his party supported AAP in forming government as it could not support the BJP. He said the so called big leaders in AAP pressurized Kejriwal to quit the Delhi government as Lok Sabha polls were nearing and they had national ambitions. The remarks of Ahmed, who is in-charge of party affairs in Delhi, came close on the heels of an interview by Kejriwal to suggest that the AAP made mistake to assume that the people will celebrate "our decision to quit on principle." He said the statement would not break the ice with the people of Delhi, which could go for Assembly polls anytime.

"We should not have quit government the same day BJP and Congress blocked the passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill. We should have waited for a few days, held public meetings to explain the rationale behind our decision. "We quit suddenly and people could not understand why we did it. It was perceived negatively. We made a mistake on the communication front and we'll have to be more careful in future," Kejriwal had said.

Our enemies are corruption, price rise and communalism': Aam Aadmi Party

ALLAHABAD: In a bid to attract people of Sangam city, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took out its first road show in the city's south assembly segment on Friday.

The road show, led by party candidate from Allahabad parliamentary seat, Adarsh Shastri and district convener, Anjani Kumar Mishra started at Rambagh labour crossing and concluding at Atala.

AAP, district convener, Anjani Kumar Mishra said, "motive of the road show was to create public awareness and appealing them to know the power of common man." He added that the road show has received an overwhelming response and people came out to support the movement started by party's national convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

He added that people of the country were fed up with corruption and price rise and AAP is the only party that could bring hope for the common man. Volunteers of the party appealed to the masses to reach a common platform and show unity.

"Our enemies are corruption, price rise, and communalism," said the volunteers. The road show has covered various areas in the city's south assembly seat which is politically significant for Allahabad parliamentary seat.

"State is dominated by caste and religion politics and we want to replace it with politics of development," said a leader adding "we are uniting the countrymen to fight against corruption and price rise," he added.

See also

• Swaraj (book)
• List of recognised political parties in India

References

Notes

1. The Election Commission of India gazetted the AAP as a "registered unrecognised party" on 9 April 2013.
2. There is confusion in India between the terms "right to reject" (RTR) and "none of the above" (NOTA), with media sources frequently using them synonymously. The Supreme Court of India ruling in September 2013 that a NOTA option must be implemented does not affect the AAP agenda for RTR. Votes registered as NOTA will simply not count towards an election outcome, whereas the AAP's RTR concept is intended to allow a situation whereby if sufficient people vote to reject then the election is voided and a new election would be held.

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External links

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National posts	Convener: Arvind Kejriwal Secretary: Pankaj Gupta Treasurer: Narain Dass Gupta Joint General Secretary: Ishudan Gadhvi
Political Affairs Committee	Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia Sanjay Singh Gopal Rai Atishi Marlena Durgesh Pathak Imran Hussain Raghav Chadha Rakhi Bidlan
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Spokespersons	Saurabh Bhardwaj (Chief Spokesperson) Sanjay Singh Pankaj Gupta Dilip Pandey Bhagwant Mann Preeti Sharma Menon Prithvi Reddy Nishikant Mohapatra Raghav Chadha Anjali Rai
State wings	Delhi Gujarat Goa Himachal Pradesh Haryana Jammu and Kashmir Madhya Pradesh Punjab Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh
Chief ministers	Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal (2013-14) (2015-24) Atishi Marlena (2024-present) Punjab: Bhagwant Mann (2022-present)
Current members of Parliament	Rajya Sabha
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