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Born 16 August 1968
Age 56
Birth Place Siwani Haryana, India
Profession Politician, Activist, Bureaucrat
Political Party Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
In Office 7th Chief Minister Of Delhi 14 February 2015 - 21 September 2024, Member Of The Delhi Legislative Assembly 28 December 2013 - 8 February 2025
Residence 5, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi
Awards Ramon Magsaysay Award

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Arvind Kejriwal BIOGRAPHY

Within hours of being released on bail from Tihar jail, Arvind Kejriwal in an unexpected move, announced that he would resign in “48 hours”. In an impassioned speech at an AAP rally on September 15, he announced his resignation. “Let the people decide if I am imandaar (honest) or gunahgaar (gu...ilty),” he thundered. It was an attempt to recapture the high moral ground when he said he would not continue as the CM till Delhi’s janata had decided on his “innocence” or “guilt” and each of those votes would be treated like like a “certificate”. In the last 10 years, while the people of Delhi have opted for Narendra Modi’s BJP in successive Lok Sabha elections, they have favoured the AAP in the Assembly elections. Even as Kejriwal and the AAP get ready for battle against their main opponent BJP, this time there may be an elephant in the room. That is the Congress. In some ways, despite itself, the Congress is showing signs of being on the revival path because people want it to grow as a national counter to the BJP. Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), due to his alleged connection to the excise policy case. The ED claimed that Kejriwal was the “kingpin and key conspirator" of the alleged scam, in which multiple AAP leaders have been accused of receiving kickbacks from liquor businessmen in exchange for favors. The CM was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on May 10, allowing him to campaign for the general elections. Kejriwal, who is a part of the Opposition's INDIA bloc, has announced his own set of 10 poll guarantees, pitting them against the BJP's 'Modi ki guarantees'. Kejriwal has already faced setbacks with the arrest of top party leaders. While Sanjay Singh, who was also arrested in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, has been granted bail, Manish Sisodia continues to remain behind bars. Former health minister Satyendra Jain, too, is in jail in an alleged money laundering case. 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.

Arvind Kejriwal PERSONAL LIFE

Spouse	Sunita Kejriwal (1995),
Education	IIT Kharagpur (BTech)

POSITIONS HELD BY Arvind Kejriwal

Position	Tenure
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly	8 December 2013 - 14 February 2014
Chief Minister of Delhi	14 February 2015 - Present
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly	14 February 2015 - Present

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ARVIND KEJRIWAL NEWS

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AAP to organise farmers' mahasammelan against extension of import duty exemption on cotton; convener Kejriwal to attend event

September 04, 2025 1:39 am

Party says the move would affect Gujarat farmers as “other countries like the US and China would dump their cotton in India”

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Targeting Gandhi family, Kejriwal alleges collusion between Cong & BJP

August 29, 2025 4:41 am

While the AAP has MLAs in Goa, Gujarat and Kashmir, it is in power only in Punjab after losing the February Assembly polls in Delhi. The biggest challenge for the party now is to remain in power in Punjab, which will go to polls in early 2027.

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‘If US is imposing 50% tariffs, we should impose 100%’: Kejriwal targets PM Modi, says India should not bow down

August 28, 2025 5:38 pm

Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal said that the Centre should reimpose the 11% duty on American cotton.

Kejriwal went on to ask: “If someone is falsely implicated in a case, sent to jail, and later acquitted, how many years of imprisonment should the minister who falsely implicated him face?”

‘How many years for those shielding criminals?’: AAP chief Kejriwal hits out at Amit Shah on Bill to remove jailed ministers

August 26, 2025 3:36 am

In March 2024, Arvind Kejriwal became the first sitting Chief Minister to be arrested in the Enforcement Directorate’s probe into the Delhi excise policy case.

The top leadership of AAP, including convener Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, have been spending a lot of time in Punjab.

Why AAP top brass has left party's Punjab leaders in choppy waters

August 22, 2025 2:05 pm

While having been in line of Opposition's fire for being “remote-controlled” by Delhi AAP brass, the Punjab party unit has also seen growing unease among a section of its leaders and ministers over the perceived “power shift”

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Kejriwal meets Opp V-P candidate Reddy, appeals: ‘Don’t listen to your party, vote for Justice saab’

August 22, 2025 2:56 am

Kejriwal said he had had “a long discussion on the election strategy and the current situation in the country”, issuing an appeal to all MPs to throw their weight behind him so that the nation could have “an impartial Vice President”.

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How CBI case against Arvind Kejriwal ex-aide hit a wall in approver’s bank locker

August 20, 2025 7:56 am

The case is significant for the CBI because it was among the first allegations of corruption that was levelled against Kejriwal’s aides by the Centre at the time.

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Speaker refers matter to Privileges Committee, Kejriwal, Sisodia to be summoned

August 08, 2025 3:20 am

He also directed the Privileges Committee to summon former Speaker Ram Niwas Goel and Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla for allegedly hurting the sentiments of the members of the House and the people of Delhi by "distorting" history.

BJP is looting farmers’ money to build luxurious mahals: Kejriwal in Gujarat

July 24, 2025 12:15 am

Demanded Rs 1 crore in compensation from the state and Sabar Dairy for the family of a farmer who, AAP alleged, had died during a protest at Sabar Dairy in Himmatnagar on July 14

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Gujarat Confidential: AAP ‘warriors’

July 23, 2025 12:12 am

The Aam Aadmi Party unit of Gujarat identified 10 of its members as ‘warriors’ for enrolling “maximum number of people” into the party during the membership drive that national convenor Arvind Kejriwal launched during his last visit to Gujarat.

ARVIND KEJRIWAL PHOTOS

Emraan Hashmi in Delhi for book launch 'The Kiss of Life'

April 08, 2016 12:59 pm

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched actor Emraan Hashmi’s book “The Kiss of Life: How a superhero and my son defeated cancer” in Delhi.

Protesters attack Arvind Kejriwal’s car in Ludhiana

February 29, 2016 6:27 pm

"In a well-orchestrated attack, the goons sent by Badals attacked Kejriwal's car with stones & rods as police stood by. The attackers came within an inch of grievously injuring Kejriwal," party leader Ashish Khetan tweeted.

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February 26, 2016 2:13 pm

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Students protest over Rohith Vemula's suicide at Jantar Mantar

February 24, 2016 1:40 pm

Student activists from CYSS and NSUI held a protest rally over Rohith Vemula's suicide at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Tuesday (February 23).

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February 01, 2016 4:45 pm

Delhi's Odd/Even scheme, French troops in R-Day parade, an adult stag's Chandigarh run, see the best pics in January .

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Arun Jaitley shares stage with Arvind Kejriwal in Kolkata

January 08, 2016 6:55 pm

Arvind Kejrwal and Arun Jaitley temporarily put aside their difference, as they got together for Mamata Banerjee's Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata.

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500 jhuggis razed in Delhi slum, Kejriwal orders magisterial enquiry

December 14, 2015 10:19 am

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has ordered a magisterial enquiry after the railway authorities demolished 500 jhuggis in Shakur Basti in west Delhi

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Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister

November 20, 2015 5:41 pm

Nitish Kumar on Friday (November 20) took oath as Bihar Chief Minister along with 28 ministers, including RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s two sons Tejaswi and Tej Pratap, as the grand alliance government of RJD-JD(U)-Congress was sworn in at a mega ceremony attended by several top leaders from non-BJP parties.

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Arvind Kejriwal pedals to peddle car-free Delhi vision

October 22, 2015 1:31 pm

Arvind Kejriwal led a cycle rally comprising of hundreds of people, including women to mark Delhi's 'Car-Free Day' aimed at encouraging people to use public transport

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Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, L K Advani pay homage to Lal Bahadur Shastri

October 02, 2015 6:17 pm

Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, L K Advani among other leaders remembered former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 111th birth anniversary who gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan', at his memorial at Vijay Ghat.

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ARVIND KEJRIWAL VIDEOS

Delhi Govt. saves Rs. 121 cr in elevated corridor

January 24, 2016 1:34 pm

New Delhi, Jan 24 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday inaugurated the third elevated corridor between Mangolpuri and Madhuban Chowk, claiming that Rs. 121 crore have been saved in this project. Kejriwal said that before his government was formed in Delhi, the estimated cost of the project was Rs. 421 crore, which has now been completed in Rs. 300 crore. He added that the money saved would be used to provide free medical tests and medicines to the people at all government hospitals in Delhi.

Politicians react over 1984 riots missing file

January 22, 2016 7:46 am

New Delhi, Jan 22 (ANI): Commenting on the 1984 riots missing file, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Sambit Patra on Friday said the 1984 riots file, which is missing from past 10 months, clearly shows that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is not at all "serious" about the issue and is not taking the Delhi administration seriously. Sharing the same sentiments, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Manjeet Singh GK said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is not at all concerned about the Sikh community. He added that he was only doing "vote politics", as the Punjab assembly elections are near. Meanwhile, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said he has no information regarding the issue and will comment once he has complete information.

Leaders playing politics over Dalit scholar suicide: Srikant Sharma

January 21, 2016 3:30 pm

New Delhi, Jan 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Srikant Sharma on Thursday read out loud Hanumant Rao's letter, stating that incidents have come up earlier and corruption has been prevalent in the Hyderabad University. He alleged that the Congress was mudslinging the Narendra Modi-led BJP Government on each and every occasion it finds. Sharma also stated that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was playing "vote bank politics" by jumping into this Dalit scholar suicide issue. He said it was a shame that caste was still a huge issue in this country.

A Hindu and Muslim kite-maker work together in the state of Gujarat spreading harmony

January 21, 2016 11:48 am

Gujarat, Jan 21 (ANI): Time and again, people in India have proved their unity through innumerable examples of friendship and acts of harmony. An example of this can be seen in India's western city of Ahmadabad where two kite-makers have been working towards spreading communal harmony through messages scripted on their kites. They make kites with messages of harmony written over them. Radheshyam Gupta read out a short poem printed on one of the kites that speaks about the unity that exists between the people of different communities in India.Radheshyam and Iqbal on their kites write about the growing influence of social media and even try to create awareness about pressing issues such as the ‘Save the girl child, educate the girl child’ initiative of the government, ill effects of consumption of tobacco and more. Their collection also comprises kites with speeches by India's iconic freedom leader Mahatma Gandhi, philosopher-thinker Swami Vivekananda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and social activist Anna Hazare. The two men do not believe in discrimination on the basis of religion, and wish to spread the message of oneness among the people through their friendship and work.

Kejriwal attacks Smriti Irani over Hyderabad suicide case

January 21, 2016 9:47 am

Hyderabad, Jan 21 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the University of Hyderabad on Thursday. Addressing the students, Kejriwal flayed the Centre over Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani's clarification over the death of a Dalit scholar. He said the issue is not about Dalits but ‘injustice’. He strongly condemned the ‘caste angle’ given to Rohith Vemula's death by Smriti Irani. He added that it is shameful that the minister used words like ‘extremist’, ‘casteist’ and ‘anti-national’ in her letter.

Delhi Police committed for security of every citizen: BS Bassi

January 19, 2016 10:04 am

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Tuesday refuted the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) allegation that they were part of the alleged conspiracy behind the ink-attack on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.Delhi Commissioner of Police BS Bassi on Tuesday said that Delhi Police was committed to provide security to every citizen of Delhi and the question of entering into any conspiracy to cause any harm does not arise. He added that even that day appropriate security was given to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kerjriwal.

Stop planting fake news through papers: Ashutosh tells BS Bassi

January 19, 2016 9:01 am

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Ashutosh on Tuesday alleged that Delhi police Commissioner BS Bassi has been planting fake news through papers in connection with the ink attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Ashutosh added that Bassi should disclose the name of the police personnel, who was asked to get off the stage. He further accused Delhi Commissioner for compromising the security of Delhi CM by disclosing minor details of security in public.

Govt. hospitals to provide free medical test from Feb. 1: Kejriwal

January 17, 2016 9:35 am

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): Inaugurating the six-lane elevated road from Mangolpuri to Madhuban Chowk, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that all government hospitals in Delhi will provide free medicines and medical tests from February 1. Kejriwal further informed that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has saved Rs 350 crore in last two to three months from the construction of elevated roads. He also thanked former chief minister Sheila Dikshit for giving a green signal to these projects and further praised PWD engineers for saving such huge amount of money.

DDCA case: Delhi HC issues notice to Kejriwal, Kirti Azad

January 15, 2016 9:39 am

New Delhi, Jan 15 (ANI) : The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kirti Azad, seeking a reply from them in the civil defamation suit filed by the Delhi and District Cricket Board (DDCA) against them. DDCA Lawyer Sangram Patnaik said that the HC has issued the notice and now the matter will come for hearing on March 2, 2016, where the defendants have to file a reply. He further said that once they will get the reply, they will work accordingly.