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{{short description|7th Chief Minister of Delhi}} | |||
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| | | office = 7th [[Chief Minister of Delhi]] | ||
| | | deputy = [[Manish Sisodia]] | ||
| | | lieutenant_governor = [[Najeeb Jung]]<br/>[[Anil Baijal]] | ||
| | | predecessor = ''[[President's rule]]'' | ||
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| | | predecessor1 = [[Sheila Dikshit]] | ||
| party | | term_start = 14 February 2015 | ||
| birth_date | | term_start1 = 28 December 2013 | ||
| birth_place | | term_end1 = 14 February 2014 | ||
| alma_mater | | lieutenant_governor1 = [[Najeeb Jung]] | ||
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| residence | | office4 = [[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly]] | ||
| profession | | constituency4 = [[New Delhi (Delhi Assembly constituency)|New Delhi]] | ||
| website | | preceded4 = [[Sheila Dikshit]] | ||
| awards | | term_start4 = 14 February 2015 | ||
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| term_start5 = 28 December 2013 | |||
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| office6 = [[Aam Aadmi Party#National Convener|National Convener of the Aam Aadmi Party]] | |||
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| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]] | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|8|16}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Siwani]], [[Haryana]], India <!--The district of birth has been contested. Do not add without providing a reliably published source--> | |||
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]] ([[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech]]) | |||
| spouse = {{marriage|Sunita Kejriwal|1995}} | |||
| children = 2 | |||
| residence = [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], [[India]] | |||
| profession = {{Hlist|[[Social activist]]| [[Politician]]|[[Bureaucrat]]}} | |||
| website = {{URL|delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit/Delhi+Govt/About+Cm/About+CM|Government website}} | |||
| awards = [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] | |||
| known_for = [[India Against Corruption]]<br />[[Jan Lokpal Bill]] | |||
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'''Arvind Kejriwal''' (Hindi: [[Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu|[əɾʋin̪d̪ ked͡ʒɾiːʋaːl]]]; born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician, former bureaucrat and activist who is the current and 7th [[Chief Minister of Delhi]] since February 2015. He was also the [[Chief Minister of Delhi]] from December 2013 to February 2014, stepping down after 49 days of assuming power. Currently, he is the national [[convener]] of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]], which won the [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2015 Delhi Assembly elections]] with a historic majority, obtaining 67 out of 70 assembly seats. In 2006, Kejriwal was awarded the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Emergent Leadership in recognition of his involvement in the grassroots level movement ''[[Parivartan]]'' using [[Right to Information Act, 2005|right to information]] legislation in a campaign against government corruption. The same year, after resigning from Government service, he donated his Magsaysay award money as a corpus fund to found the [[Public Cause Research Foundation]], a non-governmental organization (NGO). | |||
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== | Before joining politics, Kejriwal had worked in the [[Indian Revenue Service]] as a [[List of Income Tax Department officer ranks|Joint Commissioner]] of [[Income Tax Department|Income Tax]] in [[New Delhi]]. Kejriwal is a graduate in mechanical engineering from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur]]. In 2012, he launched the [[Aam Aadmi Party]], which won in the [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]]. Following the election, he took office as the Chief Minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013. He resigned 49 days later, on 14 February 2014, stating he did so because of his [[minority government]]'s inability to pass his proposed anti-corruption legislation due to a lack of support from other political parties. On 14 February 2015, he was sworn in as Chief Minister for a second term after his party's victory in the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]] election. Kejriwal is the most popular Chief Minister on Twitter.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 22, 2019|title=Arvind Kejriwal most popular CM on Twitter|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/arvind-kejriwal-most-popular-cm-on-twitter-yogi-adityanath-third/articleshow/68516091.cms|access-date=2021-11-28|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Kejriwal was born in an [[Agrawal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/TYwWWYXGX3L72a1psxhe3N/A-history-of-the-Agarwals.html|title=A history of the Agarwals|first=Aakar|last=Patel|date=6 February 2015|website=Mint|access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref> family in [[Siwani]], [[Bhiwani district]], [[Haryana]] on 16 August 1968, the first of the three children of Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer who graduated from the [[Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra]]. Kejriwal spent most of his childhood in north Indian towns such as [[Sonipat]], [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]] and [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]]. He was educated at [[Campus School CCS HAU, Hisar|Campus School]] in Hisar<ref name="rmaf">{{cite web|title=Ramon Magsaysay Award to Activist Arvind Kejriwal|url=http://rmaward.asia/rmtli/arvind-kejriwal-a-peoples-leader/|publisher=Ramon Magsaysay Foundation}}</ref> and at Holy Child School at [[Sonipat]].<ref name=caravan>{{cite news|last=Jeelani|first=Mehboob|title=The Insurgent|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/insurgent|access-date=10 April 2014|newspaper=The Caravan|date=1 September 2011}}</ref> In 1985, he took the [[IIT JEE|IIT-JEE]] exam and scored All India Rank (AIR) of 563.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/557005/kejriwal-got-563-rank-jee.html|title=Kejriwal got 563 rank in JEE, says institute|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=26 December 2016|date=10 July 2016}}</ref> He graduated from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]], majoring in mechanical engineering. | |||
He joined [[Tata Steel]] in 1989 and was posted in [[Jamshedpur]], [[Bihar]]. Kejriwal resigned in 1992, having taken leave of absence to study for the [[Civil Services Examination]].<ref name="rmaf" /> He spent some time in [[Calcutta]] (present-day Kolkata), where he met [[Mother Teresa]], and volunteered with The [[Missionaries of Charity]] and at the [[Ramakrishna Mission]] in [[North-East India]] and at [[Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan|Nehru Yuva Kendra]].<ref name="ashoka">{{cite web|url=http://india.ashoka.org/fellow/arvind-kejriwal |title=Arvind Kejriwal |publisher=Ashoka |year=2004 |access-date=24 September 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130928232958/http://india.ashoka.org/fellow/arvind-kejriwal |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=25 December 2016|title=My Days With Mother Teresa, My Coming of Age - Arvind Kejriwal|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/my-days-with-mother-teresa-my-coming-of-age-kejriwal-1288183.html|access-date=15 November 2020|website=News18|language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Career== | |||
Arvind Kejriwal joined the [[Indian Revenue Service]] (IRS) as an Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax in 1995, after qualifying through the [[Civil Services Examination]].<ref name="IBN_2011_accepts">{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/govt-accepts-kejriwals-resignation/213611-37-64.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107192828/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/govt-accepts-kejriwals-resignation/213611-37-64.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 January 2012|agency=Press Trust of India (PTI) |date=21 December 2011|access-date=21 December 2011|title=Federal Government accepts Kejriwal's resignation after six years in 2011|publisher=CNN-IBN}}</ref><ref>[http://delhi.gov.in/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hvdxMXExdTEwMDXzNzA09_YyOPEHcnAwMLQ_2CbEdFAIa72s0!/?WCM_PORTLET=PC_7_KG4D4D5400M670IO32HTGB0046_WCM&WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/DoIT/delhi+govt/about+cm/about+cm delhi.gov.in, ''About Our Honorable Chief Minister''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331065546/http://delhi.gov.in/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hvdxMXExdTEwMDXzNzA09_YyOPEHcnAwMLQ_2CbEdFAIa72s0!/?WCM_PORTLET=PC_7_KG4D4D5400M670IO32HTGB0046_WCM&WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=%2Fwps%2Fwcm%2Fconnect%2FDoIT%2Fdelhi+govt%2Fabout+cm%2Fabout+cm|date=31 March 2019}}: "A social activist, political reformer and a former Officer Income Tax department, Mr. Kejriwal is known for his commitment towards the Right to Information and struggle for the anti-corruption Lokpal."</ref><ref>Arvind Mohan Dwivedi, Rajneesh Roshan (2014), ''Magnetic Personality : Arvind Kejriwal'', Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd</ref> In November 2000, he was granted two years' paid leave to pursue higher education on condition that upon resuming his work he would not resign from the Service for at least two years. Failure to abide by that condition would require him to repay the salary given during the leave period. He rejoined in November 2002. According to Kejriwal, he was not given any posting for almost a year, and kept getting his salary without doing any work; so, after 18 months, he applied for leave without pay.<ref name="Outlook_2011">{{cite journal |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Kindly-Tell-Me-My-Fault/278855 |title=Kindly Tell Me My Fault |journal=Outlook |date=3 November 2011 |author=Arvind Kejriwal }}</ref> For the next 18 months, Kejriwal was on sanctioned unpaid leave.<ref name="ToI_2011_accepts">{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-21/india/30541794_1_kejriwal-1995-batch-irs-officer-resignation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214152251/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-21/india/30541794_1_kejriwal-1995-batch-irs-officer-resignation |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 December 2013 |title=Govt finally accepts Arvind Kejriwal's resignation |date=21 December 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 December 2013}}</ref> In February 2006, he resigned from his position as Joint Commissioner of Income Tax in New Delhi.<ref name="IBN_2011_accepts"/> The [[Government of India]] claimed that Kejriwal had violated his original agreement by not working for three years. Kejriwal said that his 18 months of work and 18 months of unpaid absence amounted to the stipulated three-year period during which he could not resign and that this was an attempt to malign him due to his involvement with the Indian anti-corruption movement. The dispute ran for several years until, in 2011, it was resolved when he paid his way out of the Service with the help of loans from friends.<ref name="ToI_2011_accepts" /> Kejriwal paid {{INR}} 927,787 as dues, but stated that this should not be considered as an admission of fault.<ref name="Outlook_2011"/> | |||
After joining politics, Kejriwal claimed in 2013 that he had chosen public service over earning crores as an Income Tax Commissioner. This led to a controversy, with the IRS association pointing out that he has never been promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Income Tax.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.India today.in/India/north/story/kejriwal-never-worked-as-i-t-commissioner-irs-association-218406-2013-11-23|title=Arvind Kejriwal never worked as Income Tax Commissioner, says IRS association|agency=PTI|date=23 November 2013|website=India Today}}</ref> | |||
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== | ==Anti-corruption activism== | ||
== | ===Parivartan and Kabira=== | ||
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{{main|Parivartan}} | |||
In December 1999, while still in service with the Income Tax Department, Kejriwal, [[Manish Sisodia]] and others found a movement named [[Parivartan]] (which means "change"), in the Sundar Nagar area of Delhi. A month later, in January 2000, Kejriwal took a sabbatical from work to focus on Parivartan.<ref name="Meera2010">{{cite book |author=Meera Johri |title=Greatness of Spirit: Profiles of Indian Magsaysay Award Winners |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j1iegDJAYakC&pg=PA199 |year=2010 |publisher=Rajpal & Sons |isbn=978-81-7028-858-9 |pages=199–}}</ref><ref name="infochange_2003">{{cite news |url=http://infochangeindia.org/right-to-information/stories-of-change/parivartan-fights-for-peoples-right-to-information.html |title=Parivartan fights for people's right to information |year=2003 |publisher=InfoChange }}</ref> | |||
Parivartan addressed citizens' grievances related to [[Public Distribution System]] (PDS), public works, social welfare schemes, income tax and electricity. It was not a registered [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] - it ran on individual donations, and was characterised as a ''jan andolan'' ("people's movement") by its members.<ref name="Outlook_2012_tatters">{{cite news |title=The More They Change: Kejriwal's original experiment in Sundar Nagri lies in tatters |first=Panini |last=Anand |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281825 |publisher=Outlook India |date=13 August 2012 |access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref> Later, in 2005, Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia launched Kabir, a registered NGO named after the medieval philosopher [[Kabir]]. Like Parivartan, Kabir was also focused on RTI and participatory governance. However, unlike Parivartan, it accepted institutional donations. According to Kejriwal, Kabir was mainly run by Sisodia.<ref name="Outlook_2011_clue">{{cite journal |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/No-Clue-Where-Donations-In-The-Past-Year-Came-From/278266 |title=No Clue Where Donations In The Past Year Came From |journal=Outlook |date=19 September 2011 |author=Saba Naqvi }}</ref> | |||
In 2000, Parivartan filed a [[public interest litigation]] (PIL) demanding transparency in public dealings of the Income Tax department, and also organised a [[satyagraha]] outside the Chief Commissioner's office.<ref name="BT_2008_cleanup">{{cite journal |url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/cleanup-crusader--arvind-kejriwal/1/1194.html |title=Arvind Kejriwal: The clean-up crusader |date=13 January 2008 |journal=Business Today |author=Kapil Bajaj }}</ref> Kejriwal and other activists also stationed themselves outside the electricity department, asking visitors not to pay bribes and offered to help them in getting work done for free.<ref name="Outlook_2006_change">{{cite web|title=Magsaysay Award: "Change Begins With Small Things"|publisher=Outlook |access-date=31 July 2006 |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?232016}}</ref> | |||
In 2001, the Delhi government enacted a state-level Right To Information (RTI) Act, which allowed the citizens to access government records for a small fee. Parivartan used RTI to help people get their work done in government departments without paying a bribe. In 2002, the group obtained official reports on 68 public works projects in the area, and performed a community-led audit to expose misappropriations worth {{INR}} 7 million in 64 of the projects.<ref name="infochange_2003"/> On 14 December 2002, Parivartan organized a ''Jan sunvai'' (public hearing), in which the citizens held public officials and leaders accountable for the lack of development in their locality.<ref name="WB_2003">{{cite web |url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEMPOWERMENT/Resources/Montevideo.pdf |title=Parivartan: Countering corruption in Delhi |year=2003 |publisher=World Bank }}</ref> | |||
In 2003 (and again in 2008<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/one-family-many-ration-cards-and-a-major-scam/article1292093.ece |title=One family, many ration cards and a major scam |date=8 July 2008 |work=The Hindu}}</ref>), Parivartan exposed a PDS scam, in which [[ration shop]] dealers were siphoning off subsidized foodgrains in collusion with civic officials. In 2004, Parivartan used RTI applications to access communication between government agencies and the [[World Bank]], regarding a project for [[privatization of water]] supply. Kejriwal and other activists questioned the huge expenditure on the project and argued that it would hike water tariffs ten-fold, thus effectively cutting off the water supply to the city's poor. The project was stalled as a result of Parivartan's activism. Another campaign by Parivartan led to a court order that required private schools, which had received public land at discounted prices, to admit more than 700 poor kids without a fee.<ref name="BT_2008_cleanup"/><ref name="Outlook_2006_change"/> | |||
Along with other social activists like [[Anna Hazare]], [[Aruna Roy]] and [[National Campaign for People's Right to Information|Shekhar Singh]], Kejriwal came to be recognized as an important contributor to the campaign for a national-level [[Right to Information Act]] (enacted in 2005).<ref name="BT_2008_cleanup"/> He resigned from his job in February 2006, and later that year, he was given the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, for his involvement with Parivartan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Arvind Kejriwal selected for Magsaysay Award - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/arvind-kejriwal-selected-for-magsaysay-award/articleshow/1832474.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The award recognized him for activating the RTI movement at the grassroots and empowering New Delhi's poor citizens to fight corruption.<ref name="Outlook_2006_change" /> | |||
By 2012, Parivartan was largely inactive. Sundar Nagri, where the movement was concentrated, suffered from irregular water supply, unreliable PDS system and poorly done public works.<ref name="Outlook_2012_tatters"/> Calling it "ephemeral and delusionary in nature", Kejriwal noted that Parivartan's success was limited, and the changes brought by it did not last long.<ref name="Swaraj">{{cite book |title=Swaraj |first=Arvind |last=Kejriwal |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qk6YyKRRIk0C |isbn=978-81-7223-767-7 |publisher=Harper Collins|date=10 October 2012 }}</ref> | |||
===Public Cause Research Foundation=== | |||
In December 2006, Kejriwal established the Public Cause Research Foundation in December 2006, together with [[Manish Sisodia]] and Abhinandan Sekhri. He donated his Ramon Magsaysay Award prize money as a [[seed money|seed fund]]. Besides the three founders, [[Prashant Bhushan]] and [[Kiran Bedi]] served as the Foundation's trustees.<ref name="PCRF_aboutus">{{cite web|url=http://www.pcrf.in/aboutus.html |title=About Us |publisher=Public Cause Research Foundation |access-date=23 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213111849/http://www.pcrf.in/aboutus.html |archive-date=13 December 2014 }}</ref> This new body paid the employees of Parivartan.<ref name="Outlook_2012_tatters" /> Kejriwal used the RTI Act in corruption cases in many government departments including the Income Tax Department, the [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]], the [[Public Distribution System]] and the [[Delhi Vidyut Board|Delhi Electricity Board.]]<ref name="ashoka" /> | |||
===Jan Lokpal movement=== | |||
{{main|2011 Indian anti-corruption movement}} | |||
In 2010, Kejriwal protested against corruption in the [[Commonwealth Games]]. He argued that the [[Central Vigilance Commission]] (CVC) did not have any powers to take any action against the guilty, while [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] was incapable of launching an unbiased investigation against the ministers who controlled it. He advocated appointment of public [[ombudsman]] - Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Open-Letter-To-Sonia-Gandhi/267215 |title=Open Letter To Sonia Gandhi |journal=Outlook |date=4 October 2010 |author=Arvind Kejriwal }}</ref> | |||
In 2011, Kejriwal joined several other activists, including [[Anna Hazare]] and [[Kiran Bedi]], to form the [[India Against Corruption]] (IAC) group. The IAC demanded enactment of the [[Jan Lokpal Bill]], which would result in a strong ombudsman. The campaign evolved into the [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement]]. In response to the campaign, the government's advisory body - the [[National Advisory Council]] - drafted a Lokpal Bill. However, the NAC's Bill was criticized by Kejriwal and other activists on the grounds that it did not have enough powers to take action against the prime minister, other corrupt officeholders, and the judiciary. The activists also criticized the procedure for the selection of Lokpal, the transparency clauses and the proposal to disallow the Lokpal from taking cognizance of public grievances.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/The-People-Legislate/271401 |title=The People Legislate |journal=Outlook |date=25 April 2011 |author=Saikat Datta }}</ref> | |||
Amid continuing protests, the Government constituted a committee to Draft a [[Jan Lokpal Bill]]. Kejriwal was one of the [[civil society]] representative members of this committee. However, he alleged that the IAC activists had an unequal position in the committee, and the government appointees kept ignoring their recommendations. The Government argued that the activists could not be allowed to blackmail the elected representatives through protests. Kejriwal retorted that democratically elected representatives could not be allowed to function like dictators, and asked for a public debate on the contentious issues.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Thus-Spake-Hammurabi/277045 |title=Thus Spake Hammurabi |journal=Outlook |date=20 June 2011 |author=Saikat Datta and Anuradha Raman}}</ref> | |||
The IAC activists intensified their protests, and [[Anna Hazare]] organised a [[hunger strike]]. Kejriwal and other activists were arrested for defying a police directive to give a written undertaking that they will not go to JP Park. Kejriwal attacked the government on this and said there was a need for a debate over police power to detain and release people at will.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anna to stay in Tihar till venue is ready|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/Kejriwal-leaves-Tihar-jail-Anna-next/articleshow/4381598.cms|access-date=26 June 2013|work=The Times of India|date=18 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ws090411TheTenMen.asp|title=Members of JanLokPal Draft Committee|publisher=Tehelka|location=New Delhi|access-date=6 August 2013|date=9 April 2011|first=Arpit|last=Parashar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908100621/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ws090411TheTenMen.asp|archive-date=8 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2011, a settlement was reached between the Government and the activists.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/The-After-Math/278181 |title=The After Math |journal=Outlook |date=12 September 2011 |author=Anuradha Raman}}</ref> | |||
Besides the government, the [[India Against Corruption|Jan Lokpal movement]] was also criticized by some citizens as 'undemocratic' on the grounds that the ombudsman had powers over elected representatives. [[Arundhati Roy]] claimed that the movement was not a people's movement; instead, it was funded by foreigners to influence policymaking in India. She pointed out that the Ford Foundation had funded the Emergent Leadership category of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, and also donated $397,000 to Kejriwal's NGO Kabir.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jan-lokpal-bill-regressive-arundhati-roy/article2412518.ece |title=Jan Lokpal Bill regressive: Arundhati Roy |newspaper=The Hindu |date=30 August 2011 }}</ref> Both Kejriwal and Ford Foundation termed the allegations as baseless, stating that the donations were made to support the RTI campaigns. Besides, several other Indian organizations had also received grants from the Ford Foundation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/claims-that-hazare-s-movement-is-us-funded-baseless-arvind-111083100109_1.html |title=Claims that Hazare's movement is US-funded baseless: Arvind |newspaper=Business Standard |author=Sreelatha Menon |date=31 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Flowing-The-Way-Of-Their-Money/278264 |title=Flowing The Way Of Their Money |journal=Outlook |date=19 September 2011 |author=Lola Nayar }}</ref> Kejriwal also denied the allegations that the movement was a plot against the ruling Congress by the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]], or that it was an upper-caste conspiracy against the [[Dalit]]s.<ref name="Outlook_2011_clue"/> | |||
By January 2012, the Government had backtracked on its promise to implement a strong Jan Lokpal, resulting in another series of protests from Kejriwal and his fellow activists. These protests attracted lower participation compared to the 2011 protests.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/End-Of-The-Marquee/279450 |title=End Of The Marquee |journal=Outlook |date=16 January 2012 |author=Anuradha Raman }}</ref> By mid-2012, Kejriwal had replaced Anna Hazare as the face of the remaining protestors.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Anna-The-Maskot/281093 |title=Anna, The Maskot |journal=Outlook |date=11 June 2012 |author=Anuradha Raman }}</ref> | |||
In 2015 during the second term of the AAP government in Delhi the Jan Lokpal Bill was passed by the assembly awaiting presidents approval<ref name="indianexpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-assembly-passes-jan-lokpal-bill-kejriwal-calls-it-a-historic-moment/|title=Delhi Assembly passes Jan Lokpal Bill, Kejriwal calls it a 'historic moment'|date=5 December 2015|work=The Indian Express}}</ref> | |||
==Political career== | |||
===Establishment of AAP=== | |||
[[File: Arvind Kejriwal in Bangalore.JPG|thumb|right|Kejriwal during the launch of AAP in Bangalore, in July 2013]] | |||
One of the major criticisms directed at the Jan Lokpal activists was that they had no right to dictate terms to the elected representatives. As a result, Kejriwal and other activists decided to enter politics and contest elections.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/A-Political-Alternative-To-Alternative-Politics/282060 |title=A Political Alternative To Alternative Politics |journal=Outlook |date=3 September 2012 |author=Prashant Bhushan }}</ref> In November 2012, they formally launched the Aam Aadmi Party; Kejriwal was elected as the party's National Convener. The party name reflects the phrase [[Aam Aadmi]], or "common man", whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arvind Kejriwal formally launches Aam Aadmi Party|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-aam-aadmi-party-formal-launch-jantar-mantar/1/234729.html|publisher=India Today|access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref> The establishment of AAP caused a rift between Kejriwal and Hazare.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal rift widens to breaking point |date=16 December 2013 |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-anna-hazare-arvind-kejriwal-rift-widens-to-breaking-point-1935762 |publisher=DNA India |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> | |||
AAP decided to contest the [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]], with Kejriwal contesting against the incumbent Chief Minister [[Sheila Dikshit]]. Kejriwal became the fifth most-mentioned Indian politician on social media channels in the run-up to the elections.<ref>{{cite web|title=Can Social media be a gamechanger in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections? |url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/DEL-social-media-to-be-a-game-changer-in-2014-lok-sabha-elections-for-narendra-modi--4324902-PHO.html |publisher=Daily Bhaskar |access-date=20 July 2013}}</ref> | |||
===Chief Minister of Delhi (first term)=== | |||
In the 2013, Delhi Legislative Assembly elections for all 70 seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party won 31 seats, followed by Aam Aadmi Party with 28 seats.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/28-aap-mlas-choose-arvind-kejriwal-as-leader-in-delhi-assembly/438689-80-258.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211040855/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/28-aap-mlas-choose-arvind-kejriwal-as-leader-in-delhi-assembly/438689-80-258.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 December 2013 |title=28 AAP MLAs choose Arvind Kejriwal as leader in Delhi Assembly |publisher=IBN |date=9 December 2013 |access-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> Kejriwal defeated incumbent Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), in her constituency of [[New Delhi (Delhi Assembly constituency)|New Delhi]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/assembly-polls/assembly-election-2013-arvind-kejriwal-sweeps-sheila-dikshit-right-out-of-her-constituency-456109?pfrom=home-elecdec13_mainstory |title=Assembly election 2013: Arvind Kejriwal sweeps Sheila Dikshit right out of her constituency |date=8 December 2013 |publisher=NDTV }}</ref> by a margin of 25,864 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0540.htm?ac=40|title=Election Commission of India Official Results|access-date=23 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215042131/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0540.htm?ac=40|archive-date=15 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
AAP formed a minority government in the [[hung parliament|hung assembly]], (claiming support for the action gauged from opinion polls) with outside support from the eight INC MLAs, one Janata Dal MLA and one independent MLA.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/arvind-kejriwal-to-be-delhi-s-youngest-cm-who-will-his-minister-s-be_898827.html |title=Arvind Kejriwal to be Delhi's youngest CM; who will his ministers be? |publisher=Zee News |date=23 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fulfill promises, Sheila Dikshit tells Aam Aadmi Party |agency=IANS |publisher=NDTV |date=23 December 2013|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/fulfill-promises-sheila-dikshit-tells-aam-aadmi-party-462091?curl=1387819909 |access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref> Kejriwal was sworn in as the second-youngest chief minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013, after [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]] who became chief minister at the age of 34.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arvind Kejriwal becomes Delhi's youngest Chief Minister |publisher=IBN |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-assembly-elections/Aam-Admi-Arvind-Kejriwal-takes-oath-as-Delhi-CM-vows-change-in-governance/articleshow/28047952.cms |date=28 December 2013 |access-date=28 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=ministry>{{cite news|title=Kejriwal sworn-in as Delhi's Chief Minister|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/kejriwal-swornin-as-delhis-chief-minister/article5511463.ece|access-date=28 December 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=28 December 2013}}</ref> He was in charge of Delhi's home, power, planning, finance, services and vigilance ministries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kejriwal takes charge as Delhi CM, discusses women's security with police chief |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-aap-cm-delhi-ramlila-maidan/1/333326.html |publisher=India Today |date=28 December 2013 |access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> | |||
On 14 February 2014, he resigned as Chief Minister after failing to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly. He recommended the dissolution of the Assembly.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arvind Kejriwal quits as Delhi CM after Jan Lokpal fiasco|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/arvind-kejriwal-quits-as-delhi-cm-after-jan-lokpal-fiasco/articleshow/30409661.cms|newspaper=Economic Times|access-date=15 February 2014|date=15 February 2014}}</ref> Kejriwal blamed the Indian National Congress and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] for stalling the anti-corruption legislation and linked it with the government's decision to register a [[First Information Report]] (FIR) against industrialist [[Mukesh Ambani]], chairman and managing director of [[Reliance Industries]].<ref name="quit">{{cite news|title=Arvind Kejriwal quits over Jan Lokpal|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/arvind-kejriwal-quits-over-jan-lokpal/article5688528.ece|access-date=3 March 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 February 2014|last1=Ali|first1=Mohammad|last2=Kant|first2=Vishal|last3=Ashok|first3=Sowmiya}}</ref> In April 2014 he said that he had made a mistake by resigning without publicly explaining the rationale behind his decision.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140413094924/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/arvindkejriwalacommonmaninpolitics/resigning-as-delhi-cm-was-a-mistake-admits-kejriwal/article1-1206879.aspx "Quitting as Delhi CM was a 'mistake', admits Kejriwal"], ''Hindustan Times'', 11 April 2014.</ref> | |||
===2014 General elections=== | |||
[[File:AAPKAPRASHANT - Prashant Mishra 02.jpg|thumb|right|Kejriwal campaigning in Maharashtra during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections]] | |||
Kejriwal said in January, prior to his resignation as chief minister, that he would not contest a seat in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha elections]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Will not contest 2014 Lok Sabha elections: Arvind Kejriwal|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/will-not-contest-2014-lok-sabha-elections-arvind-kejriwal-1322811.html|access-date=5 March 2014|date=4 January 2014}}</ref> Party members persuaded him to change his mind,<ref>{{cite news|title=I will contest Lok Sabha polls: Kejriwal|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/i-will-contest-lok-sabha-polls-kejriwal/article5590660.ece|access-date=5 March 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 January 2014|first=Gargi |last=Parsai}}</ref> and on 25 March, he agreed to contest against the BJP prime ministerial candidate, [[Narendra Modi]], from [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Rai|first=Man Mohan|title=Varanasi turns into battlefield; Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal, Mukthar Ansari to contest elections|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-03-17/news/48297641_1_har-har-modi-narendra-modi-varanasi-rally|access-date=10 April 2014|newspaper=Economic Times|date=7 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Kejriwal-accepts-Varanasi-challenge-says-he-will-contest-election-against-Modi/articleshow/32673775.cms |title=Kejriwal accepts Varanasi challenge, says he will contest election against Modi |agency=PTI |date=25 March 2014 |work=The Times of India |access-date=26 March 2014}}</ref> He lost the contest<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Results 2014: Disappointed With Results in Delhi, Admits Arvind Kejriwal|url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/election-results-2014-disappointed-with-results-in-delhi-admits-arvind-kejriwal-525517 |work=NDTV|access-date=16 May 2014}}</ref> by a margin of around 3,70,000 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Election-results-Arvind-Kejriwal-bags-over-2-lakh-votes-in-Varanasi-ahead-of-Cong-SP-BSP/articleshow/35235116.cms|title=Election results: Arvind Kejriwal bags over 2 lakh votes in Varanasi, ahead of Cong, SP, BSP|work=The Times of India}}</ref> | |||
===Chief Minister of Delhi (second term)=== | |||
Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party to win 67 of the 70 constituencies in the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections, leaving the BJP with three seats and the INC with none.<ref>{{cite web|title=Partywise results, NCT of Dehli - Election Commission of India|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm|access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> In those elections, he was again elected from the New Delhi constituency, defeating Nupur Sharma by 31,583 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Dehli results - Election Commission of India|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0540.htm?ac=40|access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> He took oath on 14 February 2015 as Delhi's chief minister for a second time at [[Ramlila Maidan]].<ref>{{cite news |date=14 February 2015 |title=It's AAP ki Dilli: Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Delhi chief minister at packed Ramlila Maidan |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/live-it-s-aap-ki-dilli-arvind-kejriwal-takes-oath-as-delhi-chief-minister-at-ramlila-maidan/article1-1316659.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214094653/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/live-it-s-aap-ki-dilli-arvind-kejriwal-takes-oath-as-delhi-chief-minister-at-ramlila-maidan/article1-1316659.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 February 2015 |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Delhi CM|website=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kejriwal-takes-oath-as-Delhi-CM/liveblog/46240399.cms|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> Since then his party has passed the Jan Lokpal Bill though with some differences.<ref name="indianexpress.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/janlokpal-the-difference-between-2014-and-2015-bill/|title=The difference between 2014 and 2015 Janlokpal Bills, and AAP's counters|date=1 December 2015|work=The Indian Express}}</ref> | |||
There has been a long-running dispute between Kejriwal's office and that of the [[Lieutenant Governor of Delhi|Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi]] during Kejriwal's second term as Chief Minister. Various issues have been involved, relating which office has ultimate responsibility for various aspects of government, including some significant public appointments. Manish Sisodia characterised it as "a battle between the selected and the elected" and indicated after a legal setback that the government was prepared to take the issues to the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi is Lt Governor territory, Kejriwal govt's orders illegal: High Court |first=Aneesha |last=Mathur |date=5 August 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/setback-for-aap-arvind-kejriwal-govt-delhi-hc-says-l-g-najeeb-jung-is-administrative-head-of-national-capital-territory-2952944 |work=Indian Express |access-date=13 July 2016}}/</ref> | |||
[[Mohalla Clinics]] that are [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] in Delhi was first set up by the Aam Aadmi Party government in 2015, and as of 2018, 187<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/aap-completes-3-years-in-delhi-a-look-at-kejriwal-govt-s-achievements-failures/story-bDy16KdOYHbg17lkyGwOqK.html|title=AAP completes 3 years in Delhi: A look at Kejriwal govt's achievements, failures|date=14 February 2018|work=hindustantimes.com|last=Goswami|first=Sweta|access-date=12 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> such clinics have been set up across the state and served more than 2 million residents.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/unbelievable-to-reality-cm-arvind-kejriwal-opens-citys-first-mohalla-clinic/|title='Unbelievable' to reality: CM Arvind Kejriwal opens city's first 'mohalla clinic'|date=20 July 2015|work=The Indian Express|last=Chatterjee|first=Pritha|access-date=11 May 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> The Government has kept a target of setting up 1000 such clinics in the city before 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly Elections. Mohalla Clinics offer a basic package of essential [[Health care|health services]] including medicines, diagnostics, and consultation free of cost.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sharma|first=Dinesh C|date=10 December 2016|title=Delhi looks to expand community clinic initiative|url=http://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)32513-2/fulltext|journal=The Lancet|language=en|volume=388|issue=10062|pages=2855|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32513-2|pmid=27979396|s2cid=5464357|issn=0140-6736}}</ref> These clinics serve as the first point of contact for the population, offer timely services, and reduce the load of referrals to secondary and [[Tertiary referral hospital|tertiary health facilities]] in the state.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/2eLDiYGimiqEViOCR5d4FN/Mohalla-clinic-AAP-offers-affordable-healthcare-model-at-do.html|title=Mohalla clinic: AAP offers affordable healthcare model at doorstep|last=Khanna|first=Pretika|date=30 August 2016|work=livemint.com/|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref> Beginning in October 2019, New Delhi began rolling out free bus transit for women on the [[Delhi Transport Corporation]], with women travelling for free when using pink tickets carrying a message from Kejriwal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/delhi-hands-out-pink-tickets-rolls-out-free-bus-travel-women |publisher=[[Voice of America]] |title=Delhi Hands Out Pink Tickets, Rolls Out Free Bus Travel for Women |author=Agence France-Presse |date=29 October 2019|author-link=Agence France-Presse }}</ref> He has been criticised for his controversial remarks over [[Biharis]] and "outsiders".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=19 October 2019|title=Complaint lodged against Kejriwal in Bihar court|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/complaint-lodged-against-delhi-cm-arvind-kejriwal-in-bihar-court/article29744247.ece|access-date=25 June 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hatred towards Purvanchalis not justified: Manoj Tiwari slams Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/hatred-towards-purvanchalis-not-justified-manoj-tiwari-slams-delhi-cm-arvind-kejriwal-1604798-2019-09-30|access-date=25 June 2020|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=27 February 2020|title=Arvind Kejriwal blames 'outsiders', 'politics of hate' for violence; visits riot-hit localities|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/arvind-kejriwal-blames-outsiders-politics-of-hate-for-violence-visits-riot-hit-localities/story-OF0jcl3LiMlM438LMHihDN.html|access-date=25 June 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> | |||
[[Shunglu Committee]] submitted a report to LG of Delhi raising questions over decisions of Government of Delhi.<ref>{{citation |title=Shunglu panel: Aam Aadmi Party usurped power of top bureaucrats |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/aap-usurped-power-of-top-bureaucrats-shunglu-panel-4601370/ |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=6 April 2017 }}</ref> | |||
In May 2021, Kejriwal called for the India central government to immediately stop air travel between India and Singapore, and develop "vaccine alternatives for children", due to "a new variant of coronavirus found in Singapore" which "is being said to be very dangerous for children".<ref name=PTI1>{{cite news |title=Singapore rejects Kejriwal's tweet on 'very dangerous' COVID-19 strain in the country |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/singapore-rejects-kejriwals-tweet-on-very-dangerous-covid-19-strain-in-the-country-7320946/ |access-date=19 May 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref> However, there is no known Singaporean variant of COVID-19; a recent report discussing the threat of COVID-19 to Singaporean children was discussing a variant of COVID-19 first detected in India: [[B.1.617]].<ref name=PTI1/> Many of the recent COVID-19 cases in Singapore were of B.1.617.<ref name=Reuters1>{{cite news |title=Singapore, India chide Indian opposition leader for fanning COVID scare |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/singapore-india-chide-indian-opposition-leader-fanning-covid-scare-2021-05-19/ |access-date=19 May 2021 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=19 May 2021}}</ref> The foreign minister of India, [[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]], and the foreign minister of Singapore, [[Vivian Balakrishnan]], criticized Kejriwal's comment as "irresponsible" and counter-factual respectively.<ref name=Reuters1/> | |||
==Legal affairs== | |||
Arvind Kejriwal has had a controversial history of allegations, subsequent defamation cases against him. In several cases Kejriwal has unconditionally apologised after allegations have been found baseless in defamation cases in courts and then he has issued apology letters to several leaders on the same. It started with Kejriwal releasing his list of most corrupt politicians in January 2014 that included several leaders across the political spectrum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-kejriwal-lists-indias-24-most-corrupt-politicians/20140131.htm|title=Kejriwal lists 'India's most corrupt' politicians - Rediff.com News|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref> Of the several on the list, Nitin Gadkari immediately filed a defamation suit against Kejriwal. Kejriwal further made allegations against finance minister Arun Jaitley for irregularities in DDCA. This was followed by Arun Jaitley filing a 10 crore defamation suit against Kejriwal. In the meanwhile in 2016, Kejriwal made allegations against Bikram Majithia, then revenue minister of Punjab of involvement in drug trade for which Majithia filed a defamation case against him and two others from Aam Aadmi party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/majithia-files-defamation-case-against-arvind-kejriwal-2-aap-leaders/articleshow/52366110.cms|title=Majithia files defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal, 2 AAP leaders|date=20 May 2016|work=The Economic Times|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref> Kejriwal apologised to Majithia a couple of years later in March 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nibber |first1=Gurpreet Singh |title=Why did Arvind Kejriwal apologize to Bikram Singh Majithia now? |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/why-did-kejriwal-apologise-to-majithia-now/story-2MCy6VW4TE6KvsvOnlV1xO.html |access-date=4 September 2019 |date=17 March 2018}}</ref> Subsequently, Kejriwal also apologised to union minister Nitin Gadkari for his unverified allegations and also sought apology from former minister Kapil Sibal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Defamation Case: After Majithia, Arvind Kejriwal now apologizes to Nitin Gadkari, Kapil Sibal |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/defamation-case-after-majithia-arvind-kejriwal-now-apologises-to-nitin-gadkari/articleshow/63364854.cms?from=mdr |access-date=4 September 2019 |work=Economic Times |date=19 March 2018}}</ref> Around the same time on 2 March 2016, Delhi High Court asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and suspended BJP MP [[Kirti Azad]] to file their written statements in a civil defamation suit of Rs 5 crores filed by DDCA for their alleged remarks against the cricket body regarding its functioning and finances.<ref>{{cite news |title=DDCA defamation suit: Delhi High Court asks Arvind Kejriwal, Kirti Azad to file written replies|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ddca-defamation-suit-delhi-high-court-asks-arvind-kejriwal-kirti-azad-to-file-written-replies/articleshow/51222106.cms|access-date=2 March 2016}}</ref> Following this in April 2018 Arvind Kejriwal and three others from his party including [[Sanjay Singh (activist)|Sanjay Singh]], Raghav Chaddha and Ashutosh apologized Arun Jaitley in a joint letter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/now-arvind-kejriwal-2-of-his-aap-colleagues-apologise-to-bjps-arun-jaitley/articleshow/63578246.cms|title=Now, Arvind Kejriwal, 3 of his AAP colleagues apologise to BJP's Arun Jaitley - Times of India ►|website=The Times of India|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref> In 2019, a criminal complaint was filed against him for his controversial comments on Biharis.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
In his affidavit to Election Directorate before the second term elections in 2015 Kejriwal had declared that he has 10 criminal charges and 47 total charges against him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/10-criminal-cases-against-arvind-kejriwal-adr/|title=10 criminal cases against Arvind Kejriwal: ADR|date=30 January 2015|work=The Indian Express}}</ref> | |||
During the management of the second wave of [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the oxygen audit panel appointed by the [[Supreme Court of India]] blamed Kejriwal and his government for seeking 4 times more oxygen than needed when the wave was at its peak.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 25, 2021|title=Delhi govt inflated oxygen demand by 4 times during COVID peak, finds SC panel; BJP hits out at AAP|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/delhi-govt-inflated-oxygen-demand-by-4-times-during-covid-peak-finds-sc-panel-bjp-hits-out-at-aap/videoshow/83832650.cms|access-date=2021-07-25|website=The Economic Times}}</ref> The report stated that Delhi required approximately 300MT of oxygen, but the government demanded and obtained surplus oxygen of 1200MT.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kejriwal govt requested 4x more oxygen than it used: SC Oxygen audit panel|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/coronavirus/story/kejriwal-govt-requested-4x-more-oxygen-than-it-used-sc-oxygen-audit-panel-299627-2021-06-25|access-date=2021-07-25|website=Business Today|language=en}}</ref> Many BJP leaders opposed these actions and called it “criminal negligence” and grabbing the share of oxygen of other states.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Expert panel's report lends oxygen to BJP-AAP blame-game|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2021/jun/26/expert-panels-report-lends-oxygen-to-bjp-aap-blame-game-2321678.html|access-date=2021-07-25|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> | |||
==Political views== | |||
Kejriwal discussed his views on [[corruption]] and the state of the Indian [[democracy]] in his book [[Swaraj (book)|''Swaraj'']]. He advocates for a [[decentralisation]] of government and the involvement of the [[Local self-government in India|panchayat]] in local decisions and budgets. He claims that foreign [[multinational corporation]]s have too much power in the decision making process of the central government and that the politicians at the centre are not being held accountable for their actions and inaction after their election.<ref name="Swaraj" /> | |||
==Personal life== | |||
In 1995, Arvind married Sunita, a 1993-batch IRS officer. She took voluntary retirement in 2016 as Commissioner of Income Tax in the [[Income Tax Appellate Tribunal]]. | |||
The couple have a daughter named Harshita, and a son named Pulkit. While Harshita has graduated from [[IIT Delhi]] in 2018 with a bachelors in Chemical Engineering and co-founded Basil,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshita-kejriwal-a6207010a/|title=Harshita Kejriwal, LinkedIn}}</ref> Pulkit is currently pursuing his bachelors in Biotechnology from [[IIT Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/pulkit-kejriwal-7b36091a7/|title=Pulkit Kejriwal, LinkedIn}}</ref> Arvind Kejriwal follows [[Hinduism]].<ref>{{cite news |title=I'm a devout Hindu, not what BJP is portraying: Kejriwal |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i-m-a-devout-hindu-not-what-bjp-is-portraying-kejriwal/story-egWUR9yTWCYTREzAWAmqoM.html |access-date=16 November 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=3 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Kejriwal is a vegetarian and has been practising the [[Vipassanā]] meditation technique for many years.<ref name="rmaf" /> He is [[diabetic]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/All-you-want-to-know-about-Arvind-Kejriwal/articleshow/27835465.cms|title=All you want to know about Arvind Kejriwal - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> In 2016, Kejriwal underwent a surgery for his persistent cough problem.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arvind Kejriwal undergoes surgery for cough problem |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/XEVGAtAhPntnv5zK762ACK/Arvind-Kejriwal-undergoes-surgery-for-cough-problem.html |access-date=18 December 2019 |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|date=14 September 2016 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Awards and recognitions== | |||
* 2004: [[Ashoka (non-profit organization)|Ashoka Fellow]], Civic Engagement<ref name="ashoka"/> | |||
* 2005: [[Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award]], [[IIT Kanpur]] for his campaign for bringing transparency in Governance<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iitkalumni.org/sda/sdaProfile2.asp?id=1|publisher=IIT Kanpur Alumni Association |title=Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award - SDA Profile - Arvind Kejriwal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326205231/http://iitkalumni.org/sda/SDAProfile2.asp?id=1|archive-date=26 March 2014}}</ref> | |||
* 2006: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership<ref name="Outlook_2006_change"/> | |||
* 2006: [[CNN-IBN Indian of the Year]] in Public Service<ref>{{cite news|title=CNN-IBN Indian of the Year|url=http://www.indianoftheyear.com/2007/winner_2006.html|access-date=25 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014042310/http://www.indianoftheyear.com/2007/winner_2006.html|archive-date=14 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-of-the-year-big-winners/32936-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412003811/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-of-the-year-big-winners/32936-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 April 2011|title=Indian of the Year: Big winners|publisher=IBNLive.in.com|location=New Delhi|date=20 June 2007|access-date=24 September 2013}}</ref> | |||
* 2009: Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kharagpur for Eminent Leadership<ref name="iitkgp">{{cite web|title=Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur|url=http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/top-awardees/daa1.php?Sl=61|access-date=22 August 2011}}</ref> | |||
* 2009: Awarded a grant and fellowship by the [[Association for India's Development]].<ref name="AID">{{cite web|title=Association for India's Development|url=http://www.aidprojects.org/projects-view-1.asp?login=guest&id=944|access-date=1 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425125433/http://www.aidprojects.org/projects-view-1.asp?login=guest&id=944|archive-date=25 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
* 2010: Policy Change Agent of the Year, [[Economic Times Awards]] along with [[Aruna Roy]]<ref name="ET">{{cite news|title=ET Awards: The top 10 of 2010|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/et-awards-the-top-10-of-2010/articleshow/6703195.cms?curpg=2|access-date=30 June 2013|publisher=The Economic Times|date=7 October 2010}}</ref> | |||
* 2011: [[NDTV Indian of the Year]] along with Anna Hazare<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ndtv-indian-of-the-year-2011-142183 |title=NDTV Indian of the Year 2011 |publisher=NDTV|date=18 October 2011|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> | |||
* 2013: [[CNN-IBN Indian of the Year]] 2013-Politics<ref>{{cite news |url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/stop-acid-attacks-is-indian-of-the-year-kejriwal-wins-for-politics/440784-3.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131223015935/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/stop-acid-attacks-is-indian-of-the-year-kejriwal-wins-for-politics/440784-3.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 23 December 2013|title=CNN IBN Indian of the Year |publisher=CNN IBN|date=20 December 2013|access-date=21 December 2013}}</ref> | |||
* 2013: ''[[Foreign Policy (magazine)|Foreign Policy]]'' magazine [[FP Top 100 Global Thinkers|top 100 global thinker]], November 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/26/the_fp_100_global_thinkers?page=0,57 |title=The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers |date=26 November 2012 |work=Foreign Policy |access-date=28 November 2012 |archive-date=30 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130221322/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/26/the_fp_100_global_thinkers?page=0,33 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
* 2014: Kejriwal was featured in ''Time's'' 2014 [[Time 100]] list of the most influential people in the world.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://time.com/70862/arvind-kejriwal-2014-time-100/ |title=The 100 Most Influential People: Arvind Kejriwal |work=Time magazine |location=US |first=Rajdeep|last=Sardesai|date=23 April 2014 |access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref> | |||
* 2016: Ranked 42nd position on the list and is the sole leader from India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arvind Kejriwal among world's 50 greatest leaders by Fortune, PM Modi not on list|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/arvind-kejriwal-fortune-magazine-50-leaders-narendra-modi/#sthash.Gd0mI3Tt.dpuf|access-date=26 March 2016|newspaper=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref> Among world's 50 greatest leaders by ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=Arvind Kejriwal, 47 |url=http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/arvind-kejriwal-42/|access-date=26 March 2016|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]}}</ref> | |||
* 2017: A documentary titled ''[[An Insignificant Man]]'' on the political journey of Arvind Kejriwal was released.<ref>{{cite news|title=An Insignificant Man |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inR_O_2Apm0|access-date=29 December 2017|publisher=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]}}</ref> | |||
==Books== | |||
*{{cite book |title=Swaraj |year=2012 |publisher=HarperCollins India |isbn=978-93-5029-937-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qk6YyKRRIk0C}} (co-author) | |||
==Biographies== | |||
*{{cite book |title=Arvind Kejriwal & the Aam Aadmi Party: An Inside Look |year=2016 |publisher=Bloomsbury India |isbn= 978-93-85936-98-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGUdDAAAQBAJ}} by [[Pran Kurup]]<ref>{{cite news|title=When a 'Gabbar Singh' in Kharagpur came to head AAP (Book Review)|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/when-a-gabbar-singh-in-kharagpur-came-to-head-aap-book-review-116051800138_1.html|newspaper=Business Standard India|access-date=5 September 2016|date=18 May 2016}}</ref> | |||
== | ==In media== | ||
''[[An Insignificant Man]]'', a 2017 Hindi/English Indian socio-political documentary co-produced and directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla and also co-produced by filmmaker [[Anand Gandhi]].<ref name="BS 2">{{cite news|title='Ship of Theseus' team's next is 'Proposition for a Revolution'|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/ship-of-theseus-team-s-next-is-proposition-for-a-revolution-114033100286_1.html|access-date=2 July 2014|publisher=[[Business Standard]]|date=31 March 2014|author1-link=Indo-Asian News Service}}</ref><ref name="FP 1">{{cite news|title=After Ship Of Theseus, Recyclewala Labs to make Proposition for a Revolution|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/after-ship-of-theseus-recyclewala-labs-to-make-proposition-for-a-revolution-1458995.html|access-date=2 July 2014|publisher=[[Firstpost|First Post]]|date=31 March 2014|author1-link=Indo-Asian News Service}}</ref> The documentary is about the rise of [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|anti-corruption]] protests in India and the formation and rise to power of the Aam Aadmi Party and Arvind Kejriwal.<ref name="The Hindu 1">{{cite news|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Budhaditya|title=Talking about a revolution|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/talking-about-a-revolution/article5931052.ece|access-date=2 July 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=20 April 2014}}</ref> The filmmakers fought a long battle against censorship in India to get the film released theatrically.<ref>{{cite news |title=Get permission from Narendra Modi, censor board tells makers of a film on Arvind Kejriwal |url=https://scroll.in/latest/838786/get-permission-from-narendra-modi-censor-board-tells-makers-of-a-film-on-arvind-kejriwal |access-date=12 April 2020 |work=Scroll.in |date=26 May 2017}}</ref> The filmmakers eventually won the case against the Indian government. An ''Insignificant Man'' was sanctioned for public release without any cuts in a landmark judgement.<ref>{{cite news |title=CBFC Clears Documentary Based On Arvind Kejriwal, Says NOC From PM Modi 'Not Required' |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/08/21/cbfc-clears-documentary-based-on-arvind-kejriwal-says-noc-from-pm-modi-not-required_a_23155478/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAQsAmAIut7M_jca4UB_6Py6xU0tpFrQc7CEG-c9jzJ0rFTMBGTFQ5yAnolsRW5utbDiASEeIL5f_FfPqyuF_emsUmByvvO_yUux3-8bNbtaSpYOzSH7plds3ffQMJfG5WhXVULECJvutFcGw-5jtvfhav5xj8a0DF9xOEd-FZ2_ |access-date=12 April 2020 |work=HuffPost India |date=21 August 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The film ran in theatres successfully for 8 weeks. Kejriwal himself, however, refused to acknowledge the film or associate with it publicly due to creative differences with the filmmakers. | |||
''[[Transparency: Pardarshita]]'', another documentary, released as a seven-part television series in 2020 by Munish Raizada charts the rise of the Aam Aadmi Party and what it says is a lack of transparency within it.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transparency: Pardarshita |url=https://www.amazon.com/Transparency-Pardarshita/dp/B08NWY9VWT |website=[[Amazon Prime Video]]}}</ref> | |||
== | Kejriwal has also appeared on the talk-shows ''[[Aap Ki Adalat]]'' on [[India TV]] hosted by [[Rajat Sharma]] and stand-up comedian [[Kunal Kamra]]'s [[YouTube]] interview series ''Shut Up Ya Kunal''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arvind Kejriwal in Aap Ki Adalat |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeyEnxXxVtQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/QeyEnxXxVtQ |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|publisher=India TV |date=Feb 1, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shut Up Ya Kunal - Episode 13 : Arvind Kejriwal |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPtxYO65ZIU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/sPtxYO65ZIU |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|publisher=Kunal Kamra |date=May 9, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Vijay Shankar Pandey]], whistle blower IAS | |||
* [[Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]] | |||
* [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]] | |||
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*[https://www.mahakhabar.in/kejriwal-launches-green-delhi-app-to-end-pollution/ प्रदूषण खत्म करने के लिए केजरीवाल ने लॉन्च किया Green Delhi App] (maha khabar) | |||
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160824075158/http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit/Delhi+Govt/About+Cm/About+CM Arvind Kejriwal - Profile] | |||
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