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Aam Aadmi Party Portal Aam Aadmi 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 AAP has led several protests since its formation. Among these was a campaign against an alleged nexus between government and private corporations relating to price rises for electricity and water in Delhi. Another saw the party demanding justice for victims of sexual harassment and rape, including the introduction of a stronger anti-rape law.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. Selected article | In the news | Did you know? | Categories | Selected picture | WikiProjects | Selected panorama | Featured and good articles | Things you can do | Topics | Related portals | Associated Wikimedia Selected article Selected Biography Arvind Kejriwal (born 16 August 1968) is the 7th and current Chief Minister of Delhi. Born in Haryana, Kejriwal is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He worked for the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He is well known for his efforts to enact and implement the Right to Information (RTI) Act at grassroots level and his role in drafting a proposed Jan Lokpal Bill. Kejriwal won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006 for his contribution to the enactment of the Right to Information Act. In 2006, after resigning from the IRS, he donated his Magsaysay award money as a corpus fund to found an NGO, Public Cause Research Foundation. In 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and he defeated Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in her constituency in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. Following the election, he took office as Chief Minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013. Selected picture Credit: AAPPilibhit Gaurav Katiyar with AAP members at aam aadmi party Baheri (Bareilly) unit office. The Baheri Assembly constituency comes under Pilibhit Parliamentary constituency Selected Implementation POWER AND WATER Dec 29: Delhi Jal Board chief transferred. Dec 30: 700 litres of free water announced for households with regular water connection. Dec 31: 50% power subsidy for those consuming up to 400 units. Jan1: CAG audit of power discoms ordered. Jan6: L-G backs CAG audit. Jan10: Helpline to report power cuts. Jan31: Govt threatens to cancel discom licences over outages. Feb 3: DERC asked to cancel licences of discoms. ANTI-CORRUPTION Jan 6: 800 DJB employees transferred. Jan8: Anti-corruption help line announced, launched on Jan13. Feb 6: Fresh probe in Commomwealth Games’ street light project. Feb 7: Probe into fi nancial irregularities in construction of Salimgarh Bypass. Feb 10: Probe in three DJB ‘scams’ EDUCATION Jan4: Quota for Delhi students in DU colleges promised. Jan5: AAP volunteers take rounds of government hospitals to take stock of facilities. Jan7: Nursery admission helpline announced. Jan8: Infrastructure audit of government schools started. AUSTERITY DRIVE Jan4: Kejriwal refuses to take Duplex house,refuses security. GOVERNANCE Dec 28: Nine officials transferred, red beacons banned. Jan15: Govt says will remove Millennium Depot from Yamuna riverbed. Jan18: CM requests L-G to replace fi ve senior ACB offi cials. Jan23: Eight senior ?#?Delhi? government offi cials transferred. Jan28: CAG audit of DIMTS (it operates the BRT in Delhi) ordered. Jan29: Govt seeks SIT probe into 1984 anti- Sikh riots. Feb 2: Govt plans to do away with MLA fund. Feb 3: Cabinet clears Delhi Lokpal Bill. Feb 4: Kejriwal promises to include Northeast history in school texts. Feb 9: Govt plans to scrap the Bhagidari scheme. Feb 11: Kejriwal orders FIRs against Mukesh Ambani, Veerappa Moily and Milind Deora for increasing the price of natural gas produced in India. Feb 12: Cabinet approves Decision to hold special assembly session in a stadium. Feb 13: Govt fails to table JanLokpal Bill in assembly, blames BJP and Cong for disruption In the news Did you know? 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