Wednesday, Jun 21, 2023
Journalism of Courage
Arvind Kejriwal
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.
ARVIND KEJRIWAL NEWS
Ahead of Friday’s meet, Kejriwal writes to Oppn leaders: 'After Delhi, democracy will be abolished in all states'
June 21, 2023 11:31 am
In his letter, Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal has asked Opposition leaders if the first order of business in the meeting should be the Centre's ordinance in the national capital.
NCCSA first meet: Arvind Kejriwal hits out at new panel & BJP, decides to call another meet
June 21, 2023 7:29 am
Shortly after the first meeting, the Chief Minister called for another sitting — this time at the camp office in his Civil Lines residence on June 28 — to take decisions regarding posting of civil servants.
‘People being forced to hire private guards because no police on ground’: Arvind Kejriwal asks L-G to act on Delhi’s law and order
June 20, 2023 11:39 am
Arvind Kejriwal has been saying the national capital would be a safer city if law and order came under the Delhi government instead of the Centre through the L-G.
Delhi News Live Updates: BJP to organise events across Delhi on occasion of World Yoga Day
June 21, 2023 12:26 pm
Delhi News Live Updates Today, June 21, 2023: Meanwhile, a war of words broke out between Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the BJP over the AAP government’s free Yoga classes initiative, which stopped last year.
In swipe at Gehlot and Raje, Kejriwal slams ‘brother-sister politics’ in Rajasthan
June 19, 2023 9:04 am
He said the Congress and the BJP governments have run the state into a debt of Rs 5.5 lakh crore.
Politics over RK Puram murder: AAP, BJP slam each other over law & order
June 19, 2023 9:04 am
Law and order in Delhi comes under the Centre through the L-G, along with police, land, and after the Centre’s ordinance, services.
Delhi would be safer if law and order was under AAP govt, says Kejriwal on RK Puram murders; BJP spokesperson hits out
June 18, 2023 8:50 pm
Delhi BJP spokesperson Harish Khurana said, 'Kejriwal sahab is trying to score against LG, by doing politics over the death of two women'.
Delhi News Highlights: AAP question L-G over murders in the national capital
June 19, 2023 10:31 pm
Delhi News Highlights, June 19, 2023: On Saturday, Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) predicted thunderstorms with light-intensity rain in Delhi-NCR
Amid govt-bureaucracy row, Vigilance and Services depts to get CCTVs in all offices
June 17, 2023 11:47 am
Right after the Supreme Court ruled in its favour on the issue of control over bureaucracy on May 11, the Delhi government divested Special Secretary YVVJ Rajasekar of his duties, citing “multiple allegations of corruption and extortion against the officer.”
Meet Piyush Jha, among 1,000 Delhi govt students who qualified NEET 2023
June 16, 2023 1:47 pm
While Piyush’s score in NEET 2022 was good, it wasn’t high enough for admission into a government medical college. “I couldn’t have afforded a private education, which can cost upwards of a crore. I knew I had to work harder.”
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.
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.
Odd-Even Phase II: Uber, Ola Withdraw Surge Price After Govt Warns Of Strong Measures
April 20, 2016 11:01 pm
