ARVIND KEJRIWAL THE CHIEF MINISTER OF DELHI

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INTRODUCTION

Mr. Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi for the third consecutive term at Ramlila Maidan on 16th February 2020. He was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the second time on February 14, 2015, at the age of 46 years

Who is Arvind Kejriwal

He is the current and 7th Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. In 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party and he is
the National Convener of the Aam Aadmi Party. Arvind Kejriwal is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and completed his B. Tech in
Mechanical Engineering in 1989. He was selected for the Indian Revenue Service in 1993 and was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006.
Arvind Kejriwal is a Social Activist, Political Reformer, and a former Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department and is widely known for his commitment to the Right to Information and struggle for the anticorruption crusade in the form of the Jan Lokpal Bill.

In 2011, Kejriwal, along with activist Anna Hazare and others formed the group India Against Corruption (IAC), which protested against the government’s delay in enacting the Jan Lokpal Bill (citizen’s ombudsman Bill). Although the movement failed, Kejriwal’s struggle won him admirers across the globe. He went on to venture into active politics by forming the AAP, which won the Delhi Assembly election for the first time in 2013. Kejriwal became the CM, but the government fell in under 50 days.

Following over a year of President’s rule in the capital, the next Assembly polls in 2015 saw Kejriwal’s AAP returning to power with a landslide win in Delhi — 67 of the 70 seats. He again became the CM and has been in that position since.

In 2014, Kejriwal unsuccessfully contested against the BJP’s then-prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, from Varanasi in UP. Kejriwal and his government have been at constant loggerheads with the Narendra Modi government and the Delhi Lieutenant-Governor, over issues revolving around public appointments, the responsibility of the UT and the Centre, etc.

For the coming Lok Sabha elections, Arvind Kejriwal is seen as an important leader for galvanizing Opposition forces against the BJP and its allies. Also, from the 2015 Delhi election instance, Kejriwal has proved that he is capable of throwing surprises, especially when he is underestimated.