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Arvind Kejriwal
AAP
DOB
16 Aug 1968
Age
55 years
birth palce
Hisar, Haryana
profession
Politician
Arvind Kejriwal biography
Having acquired national party status after recent success in Punjab Assembly Elections, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be one of the key forces against the ruling BJP regime in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Kejriwal, who was also a member of the India Against Corruption campaign led by Anna Hazare, formed his own political party AAP after an unsuccessful attempt at bringing the Jan Lokpal Bill through the IAC campaign in 2012. A graduate from IIT Kharagpur, Kejriwal is a mechanical engineer by profession and also worked as a joint commissioner of the Income Tax Department. He is also a Magsaysay award winner for his work on the grassroots through his organisation Parivartan. Kejriwal was first elected as the Delhi Chief Minister in 2012 but resigned after 49 days claiming that he was unable to bring the Jan Lokpal Bill he had promised because his party did not enjoy a full majority in the house. His party later won 67 out of 70 seats during the 2015 assembly elections and repeated huge success in 2019 when it registered a landslide victory with 62 seats. The Kejriwal-led party also managed to dethrone the 15-year-long BJP rule in Delhi MCD by winning 134 seats of the 250-member house.
Setting the stage for a renewed confrontation with the AAP govt, the Centre promulgated an ordinance to create a National Capital Civil Service Authority that will have the power to recommend the transfer and posting of all Group A officers and officers of DANICS serving in Delhi. In an unanimous verdict, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud had said the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) was bound by the decision of Delhi government over services apart from public order, police and land.
With two of his prominent leaders - Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain - behind bars for alleged cases of corruption, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party has its task cut out as it gears up for the 2024 General Elections. A lot will depend on how Kejriwal goes into the masses and faces voters amid questions over his own leader's alleged involvement in corruption and the issues like his official residence renovation worth Rs. 45 crores.
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Arvind Kejriwal personal life
Father
Gobind Ram Kejriwal
Mother
Gita Devi
Spouse
Sunita Kejriwal
children
Harshita and Pulkit Kejriwal
Education
B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) From IIT Kharagpur
netWorth
₹Rs 3.4 crore
ARVIND KEJRIWAL NEWS
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May 08, 2024 6:19 pm
The firebrand leader fought the 1977 Lok Sabha election for the Muzaffarpur seat from jail, and won by a huge margin. Here's the story of his arrest and electoral triumph
May pass order on interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, says Supreme Court
May 08, 2024 5:26 pm
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court said that it would not want Arvind Kejriwal to perform his official duties as Delhi CM even if it were to grant him interim bail as ‘it may have cascading effects’.
Delhi HC nixes plea seeking video conferencing facility for Arvind Kejriwal to run govt from jail, 'gag' against media
May 08, 2024 3:21 pm
The Delhi High Court fined lawyer Shrikant Prasad Rs 1 lakh for filing the PIL plea that also sought action against those who protested against Arvind Kejriwal. Malavika Prasad
Daily Briefing: SC’s hearing of Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea; voter turnout in Phase 3 of Lok Sabha Polls; and more
May 08, 2024 8:43 am
In Today’s Edition: Breaking down SC’s hearing of Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea, third phase of Lok Sabha polls, and how a Mumbai school principal is caught in a row over Israel-Hamas conflict
Kejriwal’s bail plea in SC, here’s why the Chief Minister’s role is crucial to Delhi’s governance
May 08, 2024 11:48 am
CM Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy case.
Delhi excise policy case: Judicial custody of Kejriwal and BRS leader Kavitha extended till May 20
May 07, 2024 5:35 pm
After leaving the courtroom, Kavitha says that 'people like Prajwal Revanna are spared and people like me are arrested’.
‘If at all we grant…don’t want you performing official duties’: SC defers order on Kejriwal’s interim bail plea
May 07, 2024 3:30 pm
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments on whether to grant interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal so that he could campaign in the Lok Sabha elections.
Months before L-G recommended NIA probe, Kejriwal was accused of teaming up with Bhagwant Mann to prevent Bhullar’s release
May 07, 2024 1:38 pm
A professor of mechanical engineering in Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Ludhiana, Devinder Pal Bhullar (58) was sentenced to death in August 2001 for the 1993 bomb blast outside the Youth Congress office in Delhi.
Arvind Kejriwal bail in SC; Delhi LG seeks NIA probe, AAP says ‘BJP agent’ plot
May 07, 2024 7:57 am
The AAP hit back, calling it a “conspiracy” and Saxena an “agent” of the BJP “which is in panic” because “it is losing all seven seats in Delhi”.
Delhi News Live Updates: SC 'may' deliver order on interim bail to Kejriwal on May 10
May 08, 2024 5:29 pm
Arvind Kejriwal bail plea Live Updates: The matter related to the challenge to Kejriwal's arrest will also be taken up on May 10
ARVIND KEJRIWAL PHOTOS
CM Arvind Kejriwal visits Okhla landfill, says Delhi likely to be landfill free by 2024
March 04, 2023 11:53 am
'80% of Delhi’s fleet will run on electricity': CM Arvind Kejriwal flags off 50 e-buses
January 02, 2023 9:23 pm
Here's how Independence Day was celebrated in the national capital
August 16, 2022 10:31 am
India@75: How Delhi Chief Minister marked Independence Day
UP, Tamil Nadu, to Tripura: How state chief ministers marked Independence Day
August 15, 2022 6:25 pm
India@75: How chief ministers across country celebrated marked Independence Day
Tajinder Singh Bagga returns home: his arrest and the chaos that followed
May 07, 2022 12:07 pm
BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga's arrest has led to Delhi police filing a case against Punjab police.
After six-year gap, judges and chief ministers meet to iron out issues in judiciary
April 30, 2022 3:07 pm
After a gap of six years, a joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices of high courts was held today in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India N V Ramana.
IE 100 2022: List of most powerful Indians
April 21, 2022 10:24 am
As the PM now for eight years, Modi remains disruptor-in-chief with a regularity that expands his presence and crimps his critics. Yogi Adityanath towers over the horizon, having entered the top five Sangh Parivar club. He ranks just after Mukesh Ambani.
Migrant exodus, protests, Covid lockdown: Best photos by Indian Express photographers in 2020
December 27, 2020 5:45 pm
Best photos from 2020: From the devastating Cyclone Nisarga to Covid pandemic, here we present the most powerful images that dominated the headlines this year.
Delhi's top seven: CM Arvind Kejriwal, cabinet ministers take charge of office
February 19, 2020 6:48 am
The Indian Express tracks the six Delhi ministers and the key areas they will prioritise over the next five years.
Ramlila Maidan preps up for Arvind Kejriwal's third oath ceremony
February 15, 2020 8:57 pm
A multi-level security arrangement is in place ahead of the oath-taking ceremony of chief minister-elect Arvind Kejriwal at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday.
ARVIND KEJRIWAL VIDEOS
Delhi’s Signature bridge opened to public
June 22, 2020 6:11 pm
After missing several deadlines, Delhi finally got the Signature Bridge on November 5, 2018. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated it.
Kanwaria menace on the streets of Delhi
June 22, 2020 6:19 pm
L-G versus Aam Aadmi Party: What the Supreme Court said
June 22, 2020 6:24 pm
5 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s verdict on the AAP versus L-G power tussle.
Arvind Kejriwal Meets M L Khattar On Delhi smog
June 22, 2020 6:30 pm
Kejriwal Warns Schools to Return Extra Fees Or We Will Take Over
June 22, 2020 6:56 pm
Will Arvind Kejriwal Be AAP's Chief Ministerial Candidate In Punjab?
June 22, 2020 7:14 pm
Udta Punjab Verdict A Slap On Modi's 'Intolerant' Regime: Arvind kejriwal
June 13, 2016 10:38 pm
Attack on AAP councillor reflects BJP's hooliganism -Kejriwal
June 10, 2016 6:44 pm
AAP Govt Proposes To Seek Full Statehood For Delhi
May 18, 2016 11:25 pm
Odd-Even Phase II: Uber, Ola Withdraw Surge Price After Govt Warns Of Strong Measures
April 20, 2016 11:01 pm
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