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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

AAP Jalandhar Central MLA in jail, seat gets in-charge: new inductee & industrialist Nitin Kohli

May 30, 2025 9:26 am

Raman Arora was arrested by the Vigilance Bureau for allegedly indulging in corruption in connivance with an official of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation.

Rapped by Supreme Court in TASMAC case, ED only has itself to blame

May 28, 2025 2:54 pm

Given that the Tamil Nadu Police has been investigating the alleged liquor scam since 2017, the ED’s abrupt intervention and mass seizures not only undermine the federal structure but also derail the ongoing investigation

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday relaunched the party’s students’ wing, renaming it ASAP

Much need not be read into recent defections from AAP. Every political party goes through such churn

May 27, 2025 3:39 pm

Describing AAP as a non-ideological party amounts to a misreading of its political trajectory. The party's orientation derives from the Directive Principles of State Policy

Punjab launches ‘easy property registration’ system: How it targets ‘dens’ of corruption

May 27, 2025 10:45 am

Now, the property owners can directly draft their deed online or by paying affordable fees (Rs 500) through Sewa Kendras opened at all SROs or doorstep delivery of services by calling 1076.

SC allows Delhi govt to withdraw cases filed during AAP rule against Centre, L-G

May 24, 2025 1:26 am

Earlier, cases filed by the AAP government against officers were also withdrawn from the Delhi High Court

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Arvind Kejriwal makes rare Delhi appearance, launches AAP’s student outfit ASAP

May 21, 2025 8:46 am

Former Delhi CM takes aim at “mainstream politics” of BJP, Congress, says “it is the root of all of India’s problems”

AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the goal of ASAP is to restore the dignity of politics and inspire a generation committed to reform. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

After Delhi poll drubbing, AAP chief Kejriwal unveils revamped student wing -- 'ASAP'

May 20, 2025 8:10 pm

Celebrity UPSC coach Awadh Ojha, who contested for AAP from Patparganj in the last election, highlighted the urgent need for civic awareness

pollution board chief, Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann, Punjab, Chandigarh

Mann govt makes 31 appointments: Kejriwal aide named pollution board chief, Pathak’s former PA to head industry board

May 20, 2025 10:22 am

Jalandhar MLA Pargat Singh too condemned the appointments and accused the AAP government of having first, through amendments to the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, given a free hand to polluters poisoning Punjab’s waters, and mow, the key post of PPCB has been handed to Gupta.