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Aam Aadmi Party

April 22, 2023

The Aam Aadmi Party (transl. Common Man's Party; abbr. AAP) is a political party in India. It was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions,[25] following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement. AAP is currently the governing party in the Indian states of Delhi and Punjab. On 10 April 2023, AAP was officially granted the status of National party by ECI.[26] The party's election symbol is a broom.[27]

Aam Aadmi Party
AbbreviationAAP
LeaderArvind Kejriwal
(Chief Minister of Delhi)
SpokespersonSaurabh Bhardwaj and others[1]
Rajya Sabha LeaderSanjay Singh
FounderArvind Kejriwal and others
Founded26 November 2012 (10 years ago) (2012-11-26)
Headquarters206, Rouse Avenue, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, ITO, New Delhi, India-110002[2]
Student wingChhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS)[3]
Youth wingAAP Youth Wing (AYW)[4]
Women's wingAAP Mahila Shakti (AMS)[5]
Labour wingShramik Vikas Sangathan (SVS)[6][7][8][9]
Membership10.05 million (2014)[10][needs update]
IdeologyPopulism[11][12][13]
Secularism[14]
Nationalism[15][16][17]
Socialism[18][19][20]
Political position Centre[18][21]
(with centre-left[22] and centre-right[23] factions)
Colours  Blue
ECI StatusNational Party[24]
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
10 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies
161 / 4,036
List
62 / 70
(Delhi Legislative Assembly)
92 / 117
(Punjab Legislative Assembly)
2 / 40
(Goa Legislative Assembly)
5 / 182
(Gujarat Legislative Assembly)
Number of states and union territories in government
2 / 31
Election symbol

Party flag
Website
aamaadmiparty.org

Besides, Delhi and Punjab, AAP was also accorded the status of state party in the Indian states of Goa and Gujarat.[28][29]

The party came into existence following a difference of opinion between Kejriwal and activist Anna Hazare regarding the incorporation of electoral politics into the popular 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, which had been demanding a Jan Lokpal Bill since 2011.[30] Hazare preferred the movement should remain politically unaligned, whereas Kejriwal felt the failure of the agitation route necessitated changes in government's representation itself.[31] On 3 December 2015, Jan Lokpal Bill was passed by AAP government with majority in Delhi legislative assembly.[32][33]

Making its electoral debut in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, the AAP emerged as the second largest party and managed to form the government with support from INC members of assembly.[34] Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi,[35] but his government resigned in 49 days after he could not pass the Jan Lokpal Bill in the assembly, because of the lack of support from the INC.[36] After President's rule in Delhi, in the following 2015 elections, the AAP won 67 of the 70 seats in the assembly and Kejriwal was again sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi.[37] In the subsequent 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, AAP was re-elected as the governing party after winning 62 seats out of 70.[38]

Outside Delhi, the AAP cemented its popularity when it emerged as the principal opposition party in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election after securing 20 seats. Later, in the subsequent 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, AAP was elected as the main governing party after winning 92 seats.[39][40] Following which, its member Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.[41]

In December 2022, the party emerged as the third front in the politics of Gujarat after 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. It secured 12.92% of the votes polled and five seats in the Assembly.[42]

History

Formation

 
Anna Hazare, Anupam Kher, Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas during the Jan Lokpal Bill movement

Massive anti-corruption protests and strikes in 2011 were initiated by a well known social activist Anna Hazare in response to exposure of unprecedented financial scams and corruption by erstwhile UPA government. The aim was to press the government to enact a strong and effective Lokpal (Federal Ombudsman) through a Jan Lokpal Bill.[43] Hazare was supported by a clutch of activists and professionals which became popularly known as Team Anna. Team Anna also included a civil-servant turned activist Arvind Kejriwal.[44][45] Hazare had wanted to keep the movement politically neutral but Kejriwal considered that direct involvement in politics was necessary because attempts to obtain progress regarding the Jan Lokpal Bill through talks with existing political parties had, in his opinion, achieved nothing. A survey conducted on a Facebook page that purported to be operated by India Against Corruption[46] and other social networking services had indicated that there was wide support for politicisation.[47][48] Hazare rejected the poll, saying "elections require huge funds, which will be tough for activists to organise without compromising on their values". He also said it would be difficult to ensure that candidates are not corrupted once elected.[49][50] Hazare and Kejriwal agreed on 19 September 2012 that their differences regarding a role in politics were irreconcilable. Kejriwal had support from some anti-corruption movement activists, such as Prashant Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan, but was opposed by others such as Kiran Bedi and Santosh Hegde. On 2 October,[51] Kejriwal announced that he was forming a political party and that he intended the formal launch to be on 26 November, coinciding with the anniversary of India's adoption of its Constitution in 1949.[47][48]

The party's name reflects the phrase Aam Aadmi (transl. common man), whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent. A party constitution was adopted on 24 November 2012, when a National Council comprising 320 people and a National Executive of 23 were also formed. Both the Council and the Executive were expected to have more members in due course, with the intention being that all districts and all classes of people would have a voice.[48] Various committees were proposed to be formed to draft proposals for adoption by the party in a process that was expected to take several months. Although one aim was to limit nepotism, there were complaints at this initial meeting that the selection of people invited to attend was itself an example of such practices.[52] The party was formally launched in Delhi on 26 November[53] and in March 2013, it was registered as a political party by the Election Commission of India.[54][a]

Funding

On 26 November 2012, the formal launch day of the AAP, former law minister Shanti Bhushan donated ₹10 million (US$130,000) to the party. Prashant Bhushan, his son, was a member of the party's National Executive Committee.[56] The party raised ₹20 crore (US$2.5 million) by November 2013 and received ₹18 crore (US$2.3 million) in 2015 assembly polls.[57]

Initial period

On 18 May 2013, a group of Indian Americans from 20 different cities in the US held a convention in Chicago and extended support to the AAP. The convention was attended by two AAP leaders, Kumar Vishwas and Yogendra Yadav, and Kejriwal addressed it via video conferencing.[58] Aruna Roy and Medha Patkar, who had differences with Kejriwal on certain issues, supported him after his 15-day fast against inflated electricity bills.[59]

On 22 March 2014, the Janata Dal (Secular) party of Delhi announced it would merge with the Aam Aadmi Party, citing Kejriwal's tenure as Chief Minister of Delhi.[60][61][non-primary source needed]

Two of the founders of the party, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, left the Aam Aadmi Party and formed Swaraj Abhiyan.[62]

Protests

On 23 March 2013, Kejriwal began an indefinite fast in an attempt to mobilise people against inflated power and electricity bills at a house in Sundar Nagri, a low-income group resettlement colony in North-East Delhi.[63] During the protest, he urged Delhi citizens not to pay "inflated" water and electricity bills.[64] The AAP also demanded an audit of power and electricity supply in Delhi by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, something that was also supported by civil society groups like the National Alliance of People's Movement (NAPM).[65] The AAP claimed that the protest gathered support from 100,000 people in Delhi on a single day and more than 300,000 people up to 28 March 2013.[66] Anna Hazare urged Kejriwal to end the fast on 29 March and he did so on 6 April.[59]

On 10 June 2013, Kejriwal supported agitation by Delhi auto rickshaw drivers, who were protesting the Delhi government's ban on advertisements on auto rickshaws. Kejriwal claimed the government's ban was because the drivers supported his party and carried AAP's advertisements on their vehicles. He said that the AAP would put 10,000 advertisements on auto rickshaws as a protest.[67] In retrospect, after Kejriwal had been elected and then resigned his position, a union representing the drivers expressed dissatisfaction, saying: "Arvind Kejriwal, who had won the elections because of the support of the auto drivers, has betrayed them by not fulfilling any of the promises made before the elections".[68]

On 22 April 2015, the AAP organised a rally in Delhi against a land acquisition bill.[69]

Ideology

At the time of formation, the AAP said that the promise of equality and justice that forms a part of the Constitution of India and of its preamble has not been fulfilled and that the Independence of India has replaced enslavement to an oppressive foreign power with that to a political elite. It claimed that the common people of India remain unheard and unseen except when it suits politicians. The AAP's goal is to reverse the way that government accountability operates, and the party takes an interpretation of the Gandhian socialist concept of swaraj as a tenet. It believes that through swaraj, the government will be directly accountable to the people instead of higher officials. The swaraj model lays stress on self-governance, community building, and decentralization.[70][71]

Kejriwal has stated that the AAP refuses to be guided by ideologies and that they are entering politics to change the system, saying, "We are common men. If we find our solution in the left, we are happy to borrow it from there. If we find our solution in the right, we are happy to borrow it from there."[72] Kejriwal has put forward 3 pillars of Aam Aadmi Party's core ideology: staunch patriotism, staunch honesty and humanity.[73]

The party advocates scrapping Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and legalizing both homosexuality and same-sex marriage.[74] The party is also regarded as being populist,[12] and centrist.[21][75]

During AAP government's tenure, Delhi has replaced Bengaluru as the start-up capital of India.[76] The AAP government has facilitated various start-up policies in Delhi from time to time during its tenure.[77]

Organisation

The party leadership consists of the following bodies:

  • National Convener: Arvind Kejriwal
  • National Secretary: Pankaj Gupta[78]
  • National Treasurer: Narain Dass Gupta[78]

Political Affairs Committee

Political Affairs Committee is the highest decision-making body of the party.[79] The current member of the PAC are Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Gopal Rai, Atishi, Imran Hussain, Durgesh Pathak, Raghav Chadha and Rakhi Bidlan. Pankaj Kr Gupta (National Secretary) and Narain Dass Gupta (National Treasurer) are the ex officio members of the PAC.[78]

National Executive Committee

The party's National Executive Committee had 34 members in 2022.[80]

State Leadership

The state leadership of the party manages the state wings.

Electoral performance

General election results

Year Legislature Party leader Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Ref.
2014 16th Lok Sabha Arvind Kejriwal 432
4 / 543
 - 2.1% - [81]
2019 17th Lok Sabha Arvind Kejriwal 35
1 / 543
   3 0.4%   1.7% [82]

State assembly elections

Election Year seats contested seats won +/- in seats Overall votes % of overall votes +/- in vote share Sitting side
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2018
(debut) 		85
0 / 90
   123,525 0.87    
Delhi Legislative Assembly
2013
(debut) 		69
28 / 70
   2,322,330 29.49   Right
(Government)
2015 69
67 / 70
   39 4,838,397 54.3   24.8 Right
(Government)
2020 70
62 / 70
   5 4,974,522 53.57   0.73 Right
(Government)
Goa Legislative Assembly
2017
(debut) 		39
0 / 40
   57,420 6.3    
2022 39
2 / 40
  2 64,354 6.77[83]  0.5 Left
(Opposition)
Gujarat Legislative Assembly
2017
(debut) 		29
0 / 182
   29,509 0.10    
2022 180
5 / 182
  5 4,112,055 12.92  12.82 Left
(Opposition)
Haryana Legislative Assembly
2019
(debut) 		46
0 / 90
   59,839 0.48    
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2022
(debut) 		67
0 / 68
   46,270 1.10    
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2019
(debut) 		26
0 / 81
   35,252 0.23    
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
2018
(debut) 		28
0 / 224
   23,468 0.06    
2023
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2018
(debut) 		208
0 / 230
   253,106 0.66    
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
2019
(debut) 		24
0 / 288
   57,855 0.10    
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
2018
(debut) 		6
0 / 60
   1,410 0.09    
Nagaland Legislative Assembly
2018
(debut) 		3
0 / 60
   7,491 0.75    
Odisha Legislative Assembly
2019
(debut) 		15
0 / 146
   14,916 0.06    
Punjab Legislative Assembly
2017
(debut) 		112
20 / 117
   3,662,665 23.7   Left
(Main Opposition)
2022 117
92 / 117
  72 6,538,783 42.01  18.3 Right

(Government)

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
2018
(debut) 		142
0 / 200
   136,345 0.38    
Telangana Legislative Assembly
2018
(debut) 		41
0 / 119
   13,134 0.06    
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
2022
(debut) 		70
0 / 70
   178,134 3.31    
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2022
(debut) 		349
0 / 403
   347,187 0.38    

Municipal corporation election results

Year Municipal Corporation Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Ref.
Assam
2022 Guwahati 39
1 / 60
  1 10.69  
Chandigarh
2021 Chandigarh 35
14 / 35
  14 27.08  
Delhi
2017 North Delhi 104
21 / 104
  21 27.88  
South Delhi 104
16 / 104
  16 26.44  
East Delhi 64
12 / 64
  12 23.40  
2022 Delhi 250
134 / 250
  85 42.05  15.82
Gujarat
2021 Surat 120
27 / 120
  27 28.47  
2021 Gandhinagar 40
1 / 44
  1 21.77  
Madhya Pradesh
2022 Singrauli
5 / 45
 [84][85]
Punjab
2018 Amritsar 85
9 / 85
  9
2018 Ludhiana 95
1 / 95
  1
2021 Batala 51
4 / 51
  4
2021 Moga 50
8 / 50
  8
Uttar Pradesh
2023

Delhi Assembly election, 2013

Main article: 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

The 2013 Delhi state assembly elections were the party's first electoral contest. The Election Commission approved the symbol of a broom for use by the AAP in that campaign.[86] The party said that its candidates were honest and had been screened for potential criminal backgrounds.[87] It published its central manifesto on 20 November 2013, promising to implement the Jan Lokpal Bill within 15 days of coming to power.[88]

In November 2013, a sting operation conducted by Media Sarkar alleged that several leaders of the AAP, including Kumar Vishwas and Shazia Ilmi, had agreed to extend their support to some people seeking assistance with land deals and other financial arrangements in return for donations in cash to the AAP.[89] Ilmi offered to withdraw her candidature as a result, but the party refused to accept her offer, describing the footage as fabricated and a violation of the Model Code of Conduct.[90] The Election Commission ordered an inquiry regarding the legitimacy of the video.[91][clarification needed]

The AAP emerged as the second-largest party in Delhi, winning 28 of the 70 Assembly seats; the Bharatiya Janata Party, as the largest party, won 31, while its ally Shiromani Akali Dal, won 1; Indian National Congress won 8, and two were won by others.[92][93] On 28 December 2013, the AAP formed a minority government in the hung Assembly, with what Sheila Dikshit describes as "not unconditional" support from Indian National Congress.[94] Kejriwal became the second-youngest Chief Minister of Delhi.[95] As a result of the Delhi elections, the AAP became a recognised state party in Delhi.[96]

General election, 2014

Main article: 2014 Indian general election

The AAP fielded 434 candidates in the 2014 Indian general election, in which it did not expect to do well. It recognised that its support was based primarily in urban areas and that different strategies might be required for different regions of the country. The party pointed out that its funding was limited and that there were too many demands for local visits from Kejriwal. The intention was to field candidates in large numbers to maximise the likelihood of recognition as a national party by the Election Commission.[97][98] The outcome was that four AAP candidates won, all from Punjab.[99] Consequently, the AAP became a recognised state party in Punjab.[100] The party obtained 2% of all votes cast nationwide and 414 of its candidates forfeited their deposit by failing to secure one-sixth of the vote in their constituencies.[101] Although the party secured 32.9 per cent of the votes in Delhi, it failed to win any seats there.[102]

AAP convenor, Arvind Kejriwal fought from Varanasi against BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, but lost by a margin of 371,784 (20.30%) votes and came second ahead of BSP, Congress, SP.[103]

Immediately after the elections, Shazia Ilmi (PAC member) resigned from the party.[104] The National Executive member Yogendra Yadav in a letter to his party members criticised Kejriwal's style of leadership.[105]

After the National Executive meeting on 8 June, the party and Kejriwal acknowledged these differences and announced the launch of "Mission Vistar" (Mission Expand), to include more people in local as well as national decision making.[106]

Delhi Assembly election, 2015

Vote Share of different parties in the 2015 Delhi election.

  Aam Aadmi Party (53.4%)
  BJP (32.2%)
  INC (9.7%)
  BSP (1.3%)
  INLD (0.6%)
  Independents (0.5%)
  SAD (0.5%)
  NOTA (0.4%)
  Other (1.4%)
Main article: 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

The Delhi state assembly elections for the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi were held on 7 February 2015, as declared by the Election Commission of India.[107] The Aam Aadmi Party scored a landslide victory by winning a majority of 67 of the 70 seats. The BJP was able to win 3 seats and the Congress party saw all its candidates lose.[108] Kejriwal became the Chief Minister for the second time.[109] The AAP had started campaigning in Delhi in November 2014 and declared candidates for all 70 seats.[110]

During the campaign, Kejriwal claimed that the BJP had been trying to bribe AAP volunteers. He asked Delhi voters to not deny the bribes offered to them. He suggested that voters should accept the bribe from others and yet vote for AAP through the secret ballot in the election.[111] The situation caused the Election Commission of India to instruct Kejriwal to desist from breaking laws governing the model code of conduct for elections in India,[112] but the Delhi court then allowed Kejriwal to challenge this.[113]

The President's Rule was subsequently rescinded and Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi with six cabinet ministers (Manish Sisodia, Asim Ahmed Khan, Sandeep Kumar, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, and Jitender Singh Tomar).[114][115]

Major differences surfaced within the party leadership soon after its victory. It created deep fissures between the founding members who had together championed the anti-corruption movement. Problems emerged in February 2015 when Yogendra Yadav and Prashanth Bhushan wrote a joint letter to the National Executive, highlighting Kejriwal's tendency to unilateral decision-making, which they alleged had compromised the party's core principle of Swaraj.[116] After continued allegations, counter-allegations and several failed attempts at reconciliation between the two sides, Yadav and Bhushan were first removed from the PAC and later from the National Executive after the party's National Council passed a resolution to expel them for their alleged anti-party activities.[117][118][119] Party leaders refuted accusations made by Yadav and Bhushan at the meeting that the party was murdering democracy and resorting to intimidation.[120][121] In April 2015, Yadav, Bhushan, Anand Kumar, and Ajit Jha were removed from the party.[122]

Assembly elections, 2017

For the first time, the AAP contested the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election and 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. In Goa the AAP could not win any seat, and 38 out of 39 candidates failed to save their security deposits.[123]

For the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, the Lok Insaaf Party allied with the AAP. This alliance was called the AAP Alliance and was represented on news channels as AAP+. It won 22 seats in total, two of which were won by the Lok Insaaf Party and the other twenty by the AAP.[124]

General election, 2019

Main article: 2019 Indian general election

Unlike the 2014 Indian general election, the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the party decided to contest elections on limited seats of some of the states and all the seats in Delhi, Goa,[125] and Punjab.[126] In the state of Haryana, the AAP formed an alliance with Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janata Party to contest three Lok Sabha constituencies.[127][128] The PAC also decided to support and campaign for CPI (M) in Kerala.[129] The party also fielded its first transgender candidate from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.[130] The AAP won only 1 constituency of Sangrur

Delhi Assembly election, 2020

 
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia after securing a win in the Delhi Assembly Elections 2020

Vote Share of major political parties in Delhi Assembly Election 2020

  AAP (53.57%)
  BJP (38.51%)
  INC (4.26%)
  NOTA (0.46%)
  Others (3.2%)

Voting for the Delhi Assembly elections took place on 8 February 2020, following vehement campaigns run by the major political parties contesting the election.[131] The counting of votes and subsequent announcement of results happened on 11 February.[131]

The Aam Aadmi Party retained the government as the party won 62 out of 70 seats.[38][132] Arvind Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi for the third consecutive time. The party's vote share was 53.5%, according to the results.[133]

2021 Chandigarh elections

The AAP contested in 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election for the first time, won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 elected seats.[134] Sitting mayor Ravi Kant Sharma from BJP lost his seat to AAP candidate Damanpreet Singh.[135][136] In ward number 21, former mayor and BJP candidate Davesh Moudgil was defeated by AAP's Jasbir.[136]

Assembly elections in 2022

In January 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting six state elections in 2022. The six states were Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, and Punjab.[137] The party won a landslide victory in Punjab, defeating the incumbent Congress government of Charanjit Singh Channi, and state party convener Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the new CM. The party also gained two seats in Goa and five seats in Gujarat .

Current leaders in Houses

Government of Delhi

Main article: Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi

2013–2014

After coming to power in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal announced a reduction in electricity bills for up to 400 units, driven by subsidy. He also ordered an audit of power distribution companies. The AAP government also announced that homes with metered connections would receive 20 kilolitres of free water per month, but would have to pay 10% more if they exceeded that limit. The government scrapped the Foreign Direct Investment in multibrand retail. It established an anti-graft helpline for citizens to report corrupt officials.[140]

The government's plan to conduct Janata Durbars (public hearings with ministers) was abandoned due to mismanagement. Vinod Kumar Binny, an AAP Member of the Legislative Assembly, was expelled after rebelling against the party.[140]

On 20 January 2014, Kejriwal and his ministers staged protests at Rail Bhavan against the Union Government Home Ministry. These came after his Law Minister, Somnath Bharti, had been dissatisfied with the response from the Delhi police to allegations relating to a neighborhood popular with immigrants from Uganda and Nigeria. Kejriwal demanded that the police should come under direct control of the Delhi government and that officers who had refused to do as Bharti had requested should be suspended. He said that the protest would not hamper his work as he had brought along files and would carry on working from the venue of the protest.[141] He later claimed that it was the first time in Indian political history that a Chief Minister had protested on the streets to raise his government's demands for a fair inquiry. After two days, he ended his fast when the Lieutenant Governor, Najeeb Jung, intervened by suspending two police officers involved and set up a judicial inquiry.[142][143]

Also in January 2014, the party's office in Ghaziabad was attacked by right-wing activists protesting against Prashant Bhushan, who had expressed a personal opinion against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Jammu & Kashmir by mentioning a referendum in that state to decide whether the people wanted the army to handle internal security. This caused the AAP to determine that its prominent members would in future refrain from expressing opinions on anything that was not agreed upon by a broad consensus within the party.[144]

By January 2014, financial support for the party from non-resident Indians had halved during the party's period in government, possibly reflecting disenchantment. The party also admitted that its systems may have significantly overstated members introduced through a nationwide recruitment campaign that was affected by hoaxers.[140]

In February 2014, the AAP tried to introduce a Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly. However, Jung said that the AAP government tabling the bill without his agreement would be "unconstitutional" because the correct procedures for introduction had not been followed. This view was supported by Congress and the BJP, and Jung advised the Assembly Speaker not to allow the tabling.[145] The AAP government stated that it was following all the procedures and there was no need to obtain prior approval from the centre or Lieutenant Governor to table the bill. When the BJP and INC blocked the introduction of the bill, the AAP government resigned and Delhi was placed under President's rule instead.[146] Kejriwal alleged that there was a nexus among Congress, the BJP, and the industrialist Mukesh Ambani, and that the two parties had "ganged up" against the AAP after it filed a First Information Report against Ambani.[147] In March, the party declared that it would seek re-election.[148]

2015–present

Education

In December 2015, the AAP asked all private schools to make their own criteria for making the admission process transparent by uploading the criteria on the school website. In a follow-up move in early 2016, the AAP government scrapped all admission quotas from private schools except for children from extremely weak socioeconomic backgrounds.[149] In 2015, Advocate Prashant Patel challenged a decision by Arvind Kejriwal, who had appointed 21 AAP MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries to seven ministries.[150]

In 2016, the AAP government launched a campaign to focus on the reading ability of students after it found that 3.5 lakh students in grades 6–8 could not read. It ran a two-month "crash course", which it claimed led to 1 lakh such students now being able to read their textbooks.[151]

The government also formed a panel to investigate the finances of schools in Delhi. The panel scrutinised a total of 1,108 private unaided schools, and identified some as having overcharged parents on the pretext of implementing recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.[152] The government ordered these schools to return the excess fee back to the students' parents, failing which it threatened to take over the institutions. The announcement received mixed responses: some perceived it as a justified attack on financial malpractice and unjustified fee hikes,[153] while the Delhi High Court was of the opinion that the government should stop meddling in private school affairs.[154]

In October 2017, the AAP government announced that it would inaugurate over 5,000 new classrooms in more than 100 Delhi government schools.[155]

The government also allocated the highest share of the Delhi state budget towards education for five years in a row.[156] However, since November 2020, the Delhi government was unable to pay teacher's salaries due to lack of funds. In April 2022, the Delhi HC questioned the government regarding the non payment of salaries to 1500 teachers and 2000 staff members who had approached the court for payment of their dues.[157][158]

Health

The AAP government had planned to set up 1,000 Mohalla Clinics by the end of 2017 to provide consultations, medicine, and tests free of cost to patients. In February 2017, it was reported that 110 such clinics were functional and had treated over 8 lakh patients in five months.[159] The program was commended by former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan and former Prime Minister of Norway and Director-General of the World Health Organization, Gro Harlem Brundtland, as an excellent strategy for building a universal healthcare system.[160]

Shunglu Committee

Main article: Shunglu Committee

In 2016, former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung ordered a committee formed to examine alleged irregularities and cases of nepotism across Delhi State Government departments.[161]

Other state wings

The AAP has state wings in Haryana, Uttarakhand,[162] Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar,[163] Rajasthan, West Bengal,[164] Karnataka,[165] Maharashtra,[166] Jharkhand,[167] Chhattisgarh,[168] Odisa,[169] Kerala,[170] Tamil Nadu,[171] Puducherry,[172] Andhra Pradesh,[173] Telangana,[174] Jammu and Kashmir,[175] Assam,[176] and Manipur.[177]

Bihar

The party supported Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election against the Bharatiya Janata Party.[178]

Chandigarh

In 2021, the AAP contested in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election for the first time, won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 elected seats.[134] A former mayor from BJP and another sitting mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation from BJP lost their seats to AAP candidates Jasbir and Damanpreet Singh.[135][136]

Goa

In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election.[137] Arvind Kejriwal gave Guarantees for Goans in his poll campaign based on development and positivity:[179]

  • Jobs for Goans
  • 1 job per family for unemployed, or ₹3000/month until then
  • 80% private jobs reserved for Goans
  • ₹5000/month for unemployed in tourism due to COVID
  • ₹5000/month for those affected by mining ban
  • Skill University
  • Free pilgrimage across religions

The AAP decided to carry out every project with citizen's consent. The AAP has also promised to increase the remuneration provided to women in Goa under a state-sponsored scheme and also promised financial assistance to women not covered under it. The AAP gave a CM candidate for Goans. Amit Palekar was made the CM face by the AAP.

In Goa the AAP won 2 seats & 6% vote share in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly Election.

Gujarat

Aam Aadmi Party Gujarat or AAP Gujarat is the Gujarat state wing of Aam Aadmi Party. The AAP office is located in Navrangpura, Ahmedabad. AAP had participated in the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, the 2021 Gujarat local elections and the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. It has 64 elected members in the ward councils of Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation, Surat Municipal Corporation and other urban and rural local bodies in Gujarat.[180][181]

In January 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. Gulab Singh Yadav, Delhi MLA is the incharge of the party for the 2022 Gujarat election.[182] Isudan Gadhvi was announced as AAP's Chief Minister candidate for the election by Arvind Kejriwal on 4 November 2022.[183][184] The party won five seats in that election.[185]

Manifesto for 2022 assembly elections

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  • Education: free education in government schools.[186] A school will be started in each of the 18,000 village panchayats.[187]
  • Healthcare: free and quality health-care facilities for all.[186][188] Mohalla clinic in each village and ward.[187][188] Free treatment in case of an accident.[188]
  • Employment:15 lakh government jobs and ₹3000 monthly unemployment allowance.[189][190]
  • Women: a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 for women.[186]
  • Electricity: 300 units of free electricity every month.[186]
  • Financial savings: AAP distributed pamphlets during its election campaign, with a list of savings every household will potentially make if AAP comes to power in Gujarat. AAP had calculated a savings of ₹ 11.13 lakh over five years per household. The savings included ₹ 27,600 from subsidised electricity, ₹ 72,000 for annual school fees of two children of a family, ₹ 36,000 in healthcare benefits, ₹ 17,000 towards free pilgrimage for aged persons. An income of ₹ 36,000 for unemployed youth at the rate of ₹ 3,000 per month. Another income of ₹ 24,000 was shown for two adult females of each household at the rate of Rs 1,000 per month. A saving of ₹ 10,000 spent on bribes annually was also included as AAP promised a corruption-free government that will no longer require families to bribe government officials.[191]
  • Agriculture: ₹2 Lakh worth loan waivers, higher MSP, minimum 12 hours of power supply for irrigation, compensation of Rs 20,000 per acre of land in case of crop failure, land resurvey.[192][186]
  • Tribals: implementation of Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA) Act that gives special powers to Gram Sabhas (village councils) in the management of natural resources,[190][193] formation of a Tribal Advisory Council (TAC) headed by a tribal leader,[191] residential schools for tribal children to teach tribal history, language, culture, and traditions and also to carry out research on these topics.[191]
  • Villages:
  1. Village heads to be provided a fixed salary of ₹10,000[187]
  2. Development grant of ₹10 lakh to each village every year to develop infrastructure and civic amenities in the villages[187]
  3. Village Computer Entrepreneurs (VCEs) who work on commission basis to get a salary of ₹20,000[187]
  • Traders: involvement of the trading community in the government's decision-making process and an end of the 'raid raj' (raid regime).[190]
  • ₹1 crore compensation for policemen killed in the line of duty.[188]
  • Raising salaries of public transport staff.[188]
  • Implementation of the Old Pension Scheme.[194]

Jammu and Kashmir

On 8 April 2022, several prominent leaders from Jammu and Kashmir joined AAP, including Balwant Singh Mankotia, and former minister Yash Paul Kundal, with the AAP leadership stating they would contest all 90 seats in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections, expected to take place in 2022.[195]

Haryana

For the 2019 Indian general election, the AAP declared a coalition with the Jannayak Janata Party in Haryana. Of the total 10 seats, JJP contested on seven seats and the AAP contested three seats.[196] Both parties failed to win any seat.

The AAP continued its coalition with JJP in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. The AAP did not win any seat after which it ended the coalition. JJP won 10 seat and joined the BJP government under CM Khattar.[197]

Himachal Pradesh

In October 2016, half of the members of Himachal Lokhit Party joined Aam Aadmi Party.[198][199] AAP leadership decided to not contest the 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[200]

In January 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[137] On 6 April 2022, the AAP held a roadshow in Mandi with Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.[201][202] In April 2022, several political leaders from different political parties joined AAP.[203] Surjeet Singh Thakur was appointed as President of the state unit in June 2022.[204][205]

Manifesto for 2022 assembly elections

AAP guarantees in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh election:

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AAP promised 300 units of free electricity to every household, if AAP comes to power.[206]

Aam Aadmi Party published its 10 promises as guarantees of jobs for all youth, unemployment allowance, an advisory board for traders, end of "inspector rule", and corruption-free administration.[207]

  • Employment: jobs for all youth. AAP promised six lakh government jobs for the youth. AAP will bring laws against exam paper leak, conducting all recruitment exams on time, and jobs will be given on merit, not recommendations.[208]
    • Unemployment allowance of ₹3000.[208][207]
    • Implementation of the Old Pension Scheme.
  • Agriculture: Minimum Support price (MSP) for agricultural products. controlled atmosphere stores, markets, and food processing units; pesticides and fertilizers at cheap rates; Establish apple packaging manufacturing unit.[208]
  • Traders: an advisory board for traders, end of raid raj and "inspector rule", An amnesty scheme for VAT refund. Single window clearance system for tourism projects[207][208]
  • Corruption-free administration, door step delivery of public services.[208]
  • Free Healthcare: Mohalla clinics similar to Delhi and free healthcare.[209]
  • Free Education: Free education for all till tenth standard.[210] Making temporary teacher posts permanent. Building more schools with quality education. Prevent private schools from exorbitantly raising fees.
  • Women: A monthly allowance of ₹1000 to all women in Himachal Pradesh and double to women above the age of 65.[211][212]
  • ₹10 lakh annual grant to Panchayats and ₹10,000 salary for panchayat pradhans.[208]
  • Free pilgrimage scheme[208]
  • ₹1 crore compensation for soldiers killed in the line of duty.[208]

Karnataka

AAP reconstituted the state unit less than a fortnight after the party dissolved its previous office bearers.The party intends to contest all 224 seats in the 2023 Karnataka legislative assembly election.[213] On 4th of March, 2023, Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann kickstarted the election campaign in Davanagere, where they administered oath to party workers.[214][215]

Kerala

On May 15 of 2022, Kejriwal announced the formation of People's Welfare Alliance along with Twenty20 party ahead of Thrikkakkara assembly by-election.[216]

The party's social media handles proclaimed on 23rd January 2023 that the state unit has been dissolved and that new office bearers will be announced soon.[217]

Madhya Pradesh

In July 2022, AAP debuted in Madhya Pradesh by winning the election for the Mayor of Singrauli Municipal Corporation and five wards in the 2022 Madhya Pradesh local elections.[218][219]

Maharashtra

In January 2023, party leader Gopal Italia said that AAP will contest all small, big polls in Maharashtra.State Unit chief Preeti Sharma Menon announced that the party will fight the BMC election with all its strength.[220]

Punjab

Main article: Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab

In December 2015, Aam Aadmi Party declared that it would contest the Legislative Assembly elections in 2017.[221] The AAP which did not participate in the previous assembly election, had fought 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Their 2014 performance translates to 33 assembly seats out of 117.[222] In the 2017 Punjab assembly election, the party formed a coalition with the Lok Insaaf Party and gave it five seats.[223] No CM candidate was declared before the elections.[224] The AAP won 20 seats in the Punjab Assembly in its debut in the 2017 Punjab elections. In March 2018, the Lok Insaaf Party broke the coalition due to differences.[225]

In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[137] Raghav Chadha was appointed AAP Punjab co-in-charge for the Punjab election.[226] On 18 January 2022 Bhagwant Mann was chosen as AAP's candidate for the post of Chief Minister of Punjab for the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. The selection was done by polling from the public.[227]

In March 2021, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal held a Kisaan Mahapanchayat at Bagha Purana in Moga district and began campaigning for elections.[228] On 28 June 2021, Kejriwal announced in a speech in Chandigarh that 300 units of free electricity would be provided to all Punjabis if the party wins the election.[229] On 30 September 2021, Kejriwal also announced that if AAP wins the election, his government would build Mohalla Clinics in Punjab that would provide free healthcare facilities.[230] On 22 November 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that if AAP wins Punjab then 1,000 rupees will be given to every women above 18 years of age.[231]

Uttarakhand

In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election.[137] On 17 August 2021, the AAP declared their Chief Ministerial candidate for the assembly election.[232] AAP contested on 70 seats but did not win any in 2022 election.

Uttar Pradesh

The Aam Aadmi Party gave its support to activist Begum Tabassum Hasan in the Kairana bypoll election in May 2018 stating that AAP will support anti-BJP candidates.[233]

The AAP had contested in the 2021 UP Panchayat Elections, and won 64 seats.[234]

In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that the AAP would be contesting in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[137] AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that the AAP will contest on all 403 assembly seats in the election. He said, "In the first list, there are eight candidates who have completed MBA. Apart from this, there are 38 postgraduates, four doctors, eight who have done PhD, seven engineers and 39 graduates. Eight women have been given tickets in the first list."[235] Contesting in the UP state election for the first time, the AAP did not win any seat, it received 3,47,192 votes in the state, with a vote share of 0.38% of the total votes polled.[236]

Documentary

An Insignificant Man is 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.[237][238] The documentary is about the rise of anti-corruption protests in India and the formation and rise to power of the Aam Aadmi Party.[239]

See also

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aadmi, party, transl, common, party, abbr, political, party, india, founded, november, 2012, arvind, kejriwal, then, companions, following, 2011, indian, anti, corruption, movement, currently, governing, party, indian, states, delhi, punjab, april, 2023, offic. The Aam Aadmi Party transl Common Man s Party abbr AAP is a political party in India It was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then companions 25 following the 2011 Indian anti corruption movement AAP is currently the governing party in the Indian states of Delhi and Punjab On 10 April 2023 AAP was officially granted the status of National party by ECI 26 The party s election symbol is a broom 27 Aam Aadmi PartyAbbreviationAAPLeaderArvind Kejriwal Chief Minister of Delhi SpokespersonSaurabh Bhardwaj and others 1 Rajya Sabha LeaderSanjay SinghFounderArvind Kejriwal and othersFounded26 November 2012 10 years ago 2012 11 26 Headquarters206 Rouse Avenue Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg ITO New Delhi India 110002 2 Student wingChhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti CYSS 3 Youth wingAAP Youth Wing AYW 4 Women s wingAAP Mahila Shakti AMS 5 Labour wingShramik Vikas Sangathan SVS 6 7 8 9 Membership10 05 million 2014 10 needs update IdeologyPopulism 11 12 13 Secularism 14 Nationalism 15 16 17 Socialism 18 19 20 Political positionCentre 18 21 with centre left 22 and centre right 23 factions Colours BlueECI StatusNational Party 24 Seats in Lok Sabha0 543Seats in Rajya Sabha10 245Seats in State Legislative Assemblies161 4 036 List62 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly 92 117 Punjab Legislative Assembly 2 40 Goa Legislative Assembly 5 182 Gujarat Legislative Assembly Number of states and union territories in government2 31Election symbolParty flagWebsiteaamaadmiparty wbr orgPolitics of IndiaPolitical partiesElectionsBesides Delhi and Punjab AAP was also accorded the status of state party in the Indian states of Goa and Gujarat 28 29 The party came into existence following a difference of opinion between Kejriwal and activist Anna Hazare regarding the incorporation of electoral politics into the popular 2011 Indian anti corruption movement which had been demanding a Jan Lokpal Bill since 2011 30 Hazare preferred the movement should remain politically unaligned whereas Kejriwal felt the failure of the agitation route necessitated changes in government s representation itself 31 On 3 December 2015 Jan Lokpal Bill was passed by AAP government with majority in Delhi legislative assembly 32 33 Making its electoral debut in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election the AAP emerged as the second largest party and managed to form the government with support from INC members of assembly 34 Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi 35 but his government resigned in 49 days after he could not pass the Jan Lokpal Bill in the assembly because of the lack of support from the INC 36 After President s rule in Delhi in the following 2015 elections the AAP won 67 of the 70 seats in the assembly and Kejriwal was again sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi 37 In the subsequent 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election AAP was re elected as the governing party after winning 62 seats out of 70 38 Outside Delhi the AAP cemented its popularity when it emerged as the principal opposition party in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election after securing 20 seats Later in the subsequent 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election AAP was elected as the main governing party after winning 92 seats 39 40 Following which its member Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab 41 In December 2022 the party emerged as the third front in the politics of Gujarat after 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election It secured 12 92 of the votes polled and five seats in the Assembly 42 Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation 1 2 Funding 1 3 Initial period 1 4 Protests 2 Ideology 3 Organisation 3 1 Political Affairs Committee 3 2 National Executive Committee 3 3 State Leadership 4 Electoral performance 4 1 General election results 4 2 State assembly elections 4 3 Municipal corporation election results 4 4 Delhi Assembly election 2013 4 5 General election 2014 4 6 Delhi Assembly election 2015 4 7 Assembly elections 2017 4 8 General election 2019 4 9 Delhi Assembly election 2020 4 10 2021 Chandigarh elections 4 11 Assembly elections in 2022 5 Current leaders in Houses 6 Government of Delhi 6 1 2013 2014 6 2 2015 present 6 2 1 Education 6 2 2 Health 6 2 3 Shunglu Committee 7 Other state wings 7 1 Bihar 7 2 Chandigarh 7 3 Goa 7 4 Gujarat 7 4 1 Manifesto for 2022 assembly elections 7 5 Jammu and Kashmir 7 6 Haryana 7 7 Himachal Pradesh 7 7 1 Manifesto for 2022 assembly elections 7 8 Karnataka 7 9 Kerala 7 10 Madhya Pradesh 7 11 Maharashtra 7 12 Punjab 7 13 Uttarakhand 7 14 Uttar Pradesh 8 Documentary 9 See also 10 Notes and references 10 1 Notes 10 2 Citations 10 3 Sources 11 External links 12 Further readingHistoryFormation Anna Hazare Anupam Kher Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas during the Jan Lokpal Bill movement Massive anti corruption protests and strikes in 2011 were initiated by a well known social activist Anna Hazare in response to exposure of unprecedented financial scams and corruption by erstwhile UPA government The aim was to press the government to enact a strong and effective Lokpal Federal Ombudsman through a Jan Lokpal Bill 43 Hazare was supported by a clutch of activists and professionals which became popularly known as Team Anna Team Anna also included a civil servant turned activist Arvind Kejriwal 44 45 Hazare had wanted to keep the movement politically neutral but Kejriwal considered that direct involvement in politics was necessary because attempts to obtain progress regarding the Jan Lokpal Bill through talks with existing political parties had in his opinion achieved nothing A survey conducted on a Facebook page that purported to be operated by India Against Corruption 46 and other social networking services had indicated that there was wide support for politicisation 47 48 Hazare rejected the poll saying elections require huge funds which will be tough for activists to organise without compromising on their values He also said it would be difficult to ensure that candidates are not corrupted once elected 49 50 Hazare and Kejriwal agreed on 19 September 2012 that their differences regarding a role in politics were irreconcilable Kejriwal had support from some anti corruption movement activists such as Prashant Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan but was opposed by others such as Kiran Bedi and Santosh Hegde On 2 October 51 Kejriwal announced that he was forming a political party and that he intended the formal launch to be on 26 November coinciding with the anniversary of India s adoption of its Constitution in 1949 47 48 The party s name reflects the phrase Aam Aadmi transl common man whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent A party constitution was adopted on 24 November 2012 when a National Council comprising 320 people and a National Executive of 23 were also formed Both the Council and the Executive were expected to have more members in due course with the intention being that all districts and all classes of people would have a voice 48 Various committees were proposed to be formed to draft proposals for adoption by the party in a process that was expected to take several months Although one aim was to limit nepotism there were complaints at this initial meeting that the selection of people invited to attend was itself an example of such practices 52 The party was formally launched in Delhi on 26 November 53 and in March 2013 it was registered as a political party by the Election Commission of India 54 a Funding On 26 November 2012 the formal launch day of the AAP former law minister Shanti Bhushan donated 10 million US 130 000 to the party Prashant Bhushan his son was a member of the party s National Executive Committee 56 The party raised 20 crore US 2 5 million by November 2013 and received 18 crore US 2 3 million in 2015 assembly polls 57 Initial period On 18 May 2013 a group of Indian Americans from 20 different cities in the US held a convention in Chicago and extended support to the AAP The convention was attended by two AAP leaders Kumar Vishwas and Yogendra Yadav and Kejriwal addressed it via video conferencing 58 Aruna Roy and Medha Patkar who had differences with Kejriwal on certain issues supported him after his 15 day fast against inflated electricity bills 59 On 22 March 2014 the Janata Dal Secular party of Delhi announced it would merge with the Aam Aadmi Party citing Kejriwal s tenure as Chief Minister of Delhi 60 61 non primary source needed Two of the founders of the party Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav left the Aam Aadmi Party and formed Swaraj Abhiyan 62 Protests On 23 March 2013 Kejriwal began an indefinite fast in an attempt to mobilise people against inflated power and electricity bills at a house in Sundar Nagri a low income group resettlement colony in North East Delhi 63 During the protest he urged Delhi citizens not to pay inflated water and electricity bills 64 The AAP also demanded an audit of power and electricity supply in Delhi by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India something that was also supported by civil society groups like the National Alliance of People s Movement NAPM 65 The AAP claimed that the protest gathered support from 100 000 people in Delhi on a single day and more than 300 000 people up to 28 March 2013 66 Anna Hazare urged Kejriwal to end the fast on 29 March and he did so on 6 April 59 On 10 June 2013 Kejriwal supported agitation by Delhi auto rickshaw drivers who were protesting the Delhi government s ban on advertisements on auto rickshaws Kejriwal claimed the government s ban was because the drivers supported his party and carried AAP s advertisements on their vehicles He said that the AAP would put 10 000 advertisements on auto rickshaws as a protest 67 In retrospect after Kejriwal had been elected and then resigned his position a union representing the drivers expressed dissatisfaction saying Arvind Kejriwal who had won the elections because of the support of the auto drivers has betrayed them by not fulfilling any of the promises made before the elections 68 On 22 April 2015 the AAP organised a rally in Delhi against a land acquisition bill 69 Ideology Arvind Kejriwal At the time of formation the AAP said that the promise of equality and justice that forms a part of the Constitution of India and of its preamble has not been fulfilled and that the Independence of India has replaced enslavement to an oppressive foreign power with that to a political elite It claimed that the common people of India remain unheard and unseen except when it suits politicians The AAP s goal is to reverse the way that government accountability operates and the party takes an interpretation of the Gandhian socialist concept of swaraj as a tenet It believes that through swaraj the government will be directly accountable to the people instead of higher officials The swaraj model lays stress on self governance community building and decentralization 70 71 Kejriwal has stated that the AAP refuses to be guided by ideologies and that they are entering politics to change the system saying We are common men If we find our solution in the left we are happy to borrow it from there If we find our solution in the right we are happy to borrow it from there 72 Kejriwal has put forward 3 pillars of Aam Aadmi Party s core ideology staunch patriotism staunch honesty and humanity 73 The party advocates scrapping Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and legalizing both homosexuality and same sex marriage 74 The party is also regarded as being populist 12 and centrist 21 75 During AAP government s tenure Delhi has replaced Bengaluru as the start up capital of India 76 The AAP government has facilitated various start up policies in Delhi from time to time during its tenure 77 OrganisationThe party leadership consists of the following bodies National Convener Arvind Kejriwal National Secretary Pankaj Gupta 78 National Treasurer Narain Dass Gupta 78 Political Affairs Committee Political Affairs Committee is the highest decision making body of the party 79 The current member of the PAC are Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia Sanjay Singh Gopal Rai Atishi Imran Hussain Durgesh Pathak Raghav Chadha and Rakhi Bidlan Pankaj Kr Gupta National Secretary and Narain Dass Gupta National Treasurer are the ex officio members of the PAC 78 National Executive Committee The party s National Executive Committee had 34 members in 2022 80 State Leadership The state leadership of the party manages the state wings Electoral performanceGeneral election results Year Legislature Party leader Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Ref 2014 16th Lok Sabha Arvind Kejriwal 432 4 543 2 1 81 2019 17th Lok Sabha Arvind Kejriwal 35 1 543 3 0 4 1 7 82 State assembly elections Election Year seats contested seats won in seats Overall votes of overall votes in vote share Sitting sideChhattisgarh Legislative Assembly2018 debut 85 0 90 123 525 0 87 Delhi Legislative Assembly2013 debut 69 28 70 2 322 330 29 49 Right Government 2015 69 67 70 39 4 838 397 54 3 24 8 Right Government 2020 70 62 70 5 4 974 522 53 57 0 73 Right Government Goa Legislative Assembly2017 debut 39 0 40 57 420 6 3 2022 39 2 40 2 64 354 6 77 83 0 5 Left Opposition Gujarat Legislative Assembly2017 debut 29 0 182 29 509 0 10 2022 180 5 182 5 4 112 055 12 92 12 82 Left Opposition Haryana Legislative Assembly2019 debut 46 0 90 59 839 0 48 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly2022 debut 67 0 68 46 270 1 10 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly2019 debut 26 0 81 35 252 0 23 Karnataka Legislative Assembly2018 debut 28 0 224 23 468 0 06 2023Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly2018 debut 208 0 230 253 106 0 66 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly2019 debut 24 0 288 57 855 0 10 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly2018 debut 6 0 60 1 410 0 09 Nagaland Legislative Assembly2018 debut 3 0 60 7 491 0 75 Odisha Legislative Assembly2019 debut 15 0 146 14 916 0 06 Punjab Legislative Assembly2017 debut 112 20 117 3 662 665 23 7 Left Main Opposition 2022 117 92 117 72 6 538 783 42 01 18 3 Right Government Rajasthan Legislative Assembly2018 debut 142 0 200 136 345 0 38 Telangana Legislative Assembly2018 debut 41 0 119 13 134 0 06 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly2022 debut 70 0 70 178 134 3 31 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly2022 debut 349 0 403 347 187 0 38 Municipal corporation election results Year Municipal Corporation Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Ref Assam2022 Guwahati 39 1 60 1 10 69 Chandigarh2021 Chandigarh 35 14 35 14 27 08 Delhi2017 North Delhi 104 21 104 21 27 88 South Delhi 104 16 104 16 26 44 East Delhi 64 12 64 12 23 40 2022 Delhi 250 134 250 85 42 05 15 82Gujarat2021 Surat 120 27 120 27 28 47 2021 Gandhinagar 40 1 44 1 21 77 Madhya Pradesh2022 Singrauli 5 45 84 85 Punjab2018 Amritsar 85 9 85 92018 Ludhiana 95 1 95 12021 Batala 51 4 51 42021 Moga 50 8 50 8Uttar Pradesh2023Delhi Assembly election 2013 Main article 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The 2013 Delhi state assembly elections were the party s first electoral contest The Election Commission approved the symbol of a broom for use by the AAP in that campaign 86 The party said that its candidates were honest and had been screened for potential criminal backgrounds 87 It published its central manifesto on 20 November 2013 promising to implement the Jan Lokpal Bill within 15 days of coming to power 88 In November 2013 a sting operation conducted by Media Sarkar alleged that several leaders of the AAP including Kumar Vishwas and Shazia Ilmi had agreed to extend their support to some people seeking assistance with land deals and other financial arrangements in return for donations in cash to the AAP 89 Ilmi offered to withdraw her candidature as a result but the party refused to accept her offer describing the footage as fabricated and a violation of the Model Code of Conduct 90 The Election Commission ordered an inquiry regarding the legitimacy of the video 91 clarification needed The AAP emerged as the second largest party in Delhi winning 28 of the 70 Assembly seats the Bharatiya Janata Party as the largest party won 31 while its ally Shiromani Akali Dal won 1 Indian National Congress won 8 and two were won by others 92 93 On 28 December 2013 the AAP formed a minority government in the hung Assembly with what Sheila Dikshit describes as not unconditional support from Indian National Congress 94 Kejriwal became the second youngest Chief Minister of Delhi 95 As a result of the Delhi elections the AAP became a recognised state party in Delhi 96 General election 2014 Main article 2014 Indian general electionThe AAP fielded 434 candidates in the 2014 Indian general election in which it did not expect to do well It recognised that its support was based primarily in urban areas and that different strategies might be required for different regions of the country The party pointed out that its funding was limited and that there were too many demands for local visits from Kejriwal The intention was to field candidates in large numbers to maximise the likelihood of recognition as a national party by the Election Commission 97 98 The outcome was that four AAP candidates won all from Punjab 99 Consequently the AAP became a recognised state party in Punjab 100 The party obtained 2 of all votes cast nationwide and 414 of its candidates forfeited their deposit by failing to secure one sixth of the vote in their constituencies 101 Although the party secured 32 9 per cent of the votes in Delhi it failed to win any seats there 102 AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal fought from Varanasi against BJP s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi but lost by a margin of 371 784 20 30 votes and came second ahead of BSP Congress SP 103 Immediately after the elections Shazia Ilmi PAC member resigned from the party 104 The National Executive member Yogendra Yadav in a letter to his party members criticised Kejriwal s style of leadership 105 After the National Executive meeting on 8 June the party and Kejriwal acknowledged these differences and announced the launch of Mission Vistar Mission Expand to include more people in local as well as national decision making 106 Delhi Assembly election 2015 Vote Share of different parties in the 2015 Delhi election Aam Aadmi Party 53 4 BJP 32 2 INC 9 7 BSP 1 3 INLD 0 6 Independents 0 5 SAD 0 5 NOTA 0 4 Other 1 4 Main article 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi state assembly elections for the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi were held on 7 February 2015 as declared by the Election Commission of India 107 The Aam Aadmi Party scored a landslide victory by winning a majority of 67 of the 70 seats The BJP was able to win 3 seats and the Congress party saw all its candidates lose 108 Kejriwal became the Chief Minister for the second time 109 The AAP had started campaigning in Delhi in November 2014 and declared candidates for all 70 seats 110 During the campaign Kejriwal claimed that the BJP had been trying to bribe AAP volunteers He asked Delhi voters to not deny the bribes offered to them He suggested that voters should accept the bribe from others and yet vote for AAP through the secret ballot in the election 111 The situation caused the Election Commission of India to instruct Kejriwal to desist from breaking laws governing the model code of conduct for elections in India 112 but the Delhi court then allowed Kejriwal to challenge this 113 The President s Rule was subsequently rescinded and Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi with six cabinet ministers Manish Sisodia Asim Ahmed Khan Sandeep Kumar Satyendar Jain Gopal Rai and Jitender Singh Tomar 114 115 Major differences surfaced within the party leadership soon after its victory It created deep fissures between the founding members who had together championed the anti corruption movement Problems emerged in February 2015 when Yogendra Yadav and Prashanth Bhushan wrote a joint letter to the National Executive highlighting Kejriwal s tendency to unilateral decision making which they alleged had compromised the party s core principle of Swaraj 116 After continued allegations counter allegations and several failed attempts at reconciliation between the two sides Yadav and Bhushan were first removed from the PAC and later from the National Executive after the party s National Council passed a resolution to expel them for their alleged anti party activities 117 118 119 Party leaders refuted accusations made by Yadav and Bhushan at the meeting that the party was murdering democracy and resorting to intimidation 120 121 In April 2015 Yadav Bhushan Anand Kumar and Ajit Jha were removed from the party 122 Assembly elections 2017 For the first time the AAP contested the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election and 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election In Goa the AAP could not win any seat and 38 out of 39 candidates failed to save their security deposits 123 For the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election the Lok Insaaf Party allied with the AAP This alliance was called the AAP Alliance and was represented on news channels as AAP It won 22 seats in total two of which were won by the Lok Insaaf Party and the other twenty by the AAP 124 General election 2019 Main article 2019 Indian general election Unlike the 2014 Indian general election the Political Affairs Committee PAC of the party decided to contest elections on limited seats of some of the states and all the seats in Delhi Goa 125 and Punjab 126 In the state of Haryana the AAP formed an alliance with Dushyant Chautala s Jannayak Janata Party to contest three Lok Sabha constituencies 127 128 The PAC also decided to support and campaign for CPI M in Kerala 129 The party also fielded its first transgender candidate from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh 130 The AAP won only 1 constituency of Sangrur Delhi Assembly election 2020 Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia after securing a win in the Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 Vote Share of major political parties in Delhi Assembly Election 2020 AAP 53 57 BJP 38 51 INC 4 26 NOTA 0 46 Others 3 2 Voting for the Delhi Assembly elections took place on 8 February 2020 following vehement campaigns run by the major political parties contesting the election 131 The counting of votes and subsequent announcement of results happened on 11 February 131 The Aam Aadmi Party retained the government as the party won 62 out of 70 seats 38 132 Arvind Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi for the third consecutive time The party s vote share was 53 5 according to the results 133 2021 Chandigarh elections The AAP contested in 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election for the first time won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 elected seats 134 Sitting mayor Ravi Kant Sharma from BJP lost his seat to AAP candidate Damanpreet Singh 135 136 In ward number 21 former mayor and BJP candidate Davesh Moudgil was defeated by AAP s Jasbir 136 Assembly elections in 2022 This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it March 2022 In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting six state elections in 2022 The six states were Uttar Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Goa Gujarat Uttarakhand and Punjab 137 The party won a landslide victory in Punjab defeating the incumbent Congress government of Charanjit Singh Channi and state party convener Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the new CM The party also gained two seats in Goa and five seats in Gujarat Current leaders in HousesHouse Leader Portrait Elected constituencyConstituency State StrengthRajya Sabha Sanjay Singh Delhi 10 245Delhi Legislative Assembly Arvind Kejriwal New Delhi Delhi 62 70Punjab Legislative Assembly Bhagwant Mann Dhuri Punjab 92 117Gujarat Legislative Assembly Chaitar Vasava 138 Dediapada Gujarat 5 182Goa Legislative Assembly Venzy Viegas 139 Benaulim Goa 2 40Government of DelhiMain article Aam Aadmi Party Delhi 2013 2014 After coming to power in Delhi Arvind Kejriwal announced a reduction in electricity bills for up to 400 units driven by subsidy He also ordered an audit of power distribution companies The AAP government also announced that homes with metered connections would receive 20 kilolitres of free water per month but would have to pay 10 more if they exceeded that limit The government scrapped the Foreign Direct Investment in multibrand retail It established an anti graft helpline for citizens to report corrupt officials 140 The government s plan to conduct Janata Durbars public hearings with ministers was abandoned due to mismanagement Vinod Kumar Binny an AAP Member of the Legislative Assembly was expelled after rebelling against the party 140 On 20 January 2014 Kejriwal and his ministers staged protests at Rail Bhavan against the Union Government Home Ministry These came after his Law Minister Somnath Bharti had been dissatisfied with the response from the Delhi police to allegations relating to a neighborhood popular with immigrants from Uganda and Nigeria Kejriwal demanded that the police should come under direct control of the Delhi government and that officers who had refused to do as Bharti had requested should be suspended He said that the protest would not hamper his work as he had brought along files and would carry on working from the venue of the protest 141 He later claimed that it was the first time in Indian political history that a Chief Minister had protested on the streets to raise his government s demands for a fair inquiry After two days he ended his fast when the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung intervened by suspending two police officers involved and set up a judicial inquiry 142 143 Also in January 2014 the party s office in Ghaziabad was attacked by right wing activists protesting against Prashant Bhushan who had expressed a personal opinion against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu amp Kashmir by mentioning a referendum in that state to decide whether the people wanted the army to handle internal security This caused the AAP to determine that its prominent members would in future refrain from expressing opinions on anything that was not agreed upon by a broad consensus within the party 144 By January 2014 financial support for the party from non resident Indians had halved during the party s period in government possibly reflecting disenchantment The party also admitted that its systems may have significantly overstated members introduced through a nationwide recruitment campaign that was affected by hoaxers 140 In February 2014 the AAP tried to introduce a Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly However Jung said that the AAP government tabling the bill without his agreement would be unconstitutional because the correct procedures for introduction had not been followed This view was supported by Congress and the BJP and Jung advised the Assembly Speaker not to allow the tabling 145 The AAP government stated that it was following all the procedures and there was no need to obtain prior approval from the centre or Lieutenant Governor to table the bill When the BJP and INC blocked the introduction of the bill the AAP government resigned and Delhi was placed under President s rule instead 146 Kejriwal alleged that there was a nexus among Congress the BJP and the industrialist Mukesh Ambani and that the two parties had ganged up against the AAP after it filed a First Information Report against Ambani 147 In March the party declared that it would seek re election 148 2015 present Education In December 2015 the AAP asked all private schools to make their own criteria for making the admission process transparent by uploading the criteria on the school website In a follow up move in early 2016 the AAP government scrapped all admission quotas from private schools except for children from extremely weak socioeconomic backgrounds 149 In 2015 Advocate Prashant Patel challenged a decision by Arvind Kejriwal who had appointed 21 AAP MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries to seven ministries 150 In 2016 the AAP government launched a campaign to focus on the reading ability of students after it found that 3 5 lakh students in grades 6 8 could not read It ran a two month crash course which it claimed led to 1 lakh such students now being able to read their textbooks 151 The government also formed a panel to investigate the finances of schools in Delhi The panel scrutinised a total of 1 108 private unaided schools and identified some as having overcharged parents on the pretext of implementing recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission 152 The government ordered these schools to return the excess fee back to the students parents failing which it threatened to take over the institutions The announcement received mixed responses some perceived it as a justified attack on financial malpractice and unjustified fee hikes 153 while the Delhi High Court was of the opinion that the government should stop meddling in private school affairs 154 In October 2017 the AAP government announced that it would inaugurate over 5 000 new classrooms in more than 100 Delhi government schools 155 The government also allocated the highest share of the Delhi state budget towards education for five years in a row 156 However since November 2020 the Delhi government was unable to pay teacher s salaries due to lack of funds In April 2022 the Delhi HC questioned the government regarding the non payment of salaries to 1500 teachers and 2000 staff members who had approached the court for payment of their dues 157 158 Health The AAP government had planned to set up 1 000 Mohalla Clinics by the end of 2017 to provide consultations medicine and tests free of cost to patients In February 2017 it was reported that 110 such clinics were functional and had treated over 8 lakh patients in five months 159 The program was commended by former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan and former Prime Minister of Norway and Director General of the World Health Organization Gro Harlem Brundtland as an excellent strategy for building a universal healthcare system 160 Shunglu Committee Main article Shunglu Committee In 2016 former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung ordered a committee formed to examine alleged irregularities and cases of nepotism across Delhi State Government departments 161 Other state wingsThe AAP has state wings in Haryana Uttarakhand 162 Uttar Pradesh Gujarat Goa Madhya Pradesh Bihar 163 Rajasthan West Bengal 164 Karnataka 165 Maharashtra 166 Jharkhand 167 Chhattisgarh 168 Odisa 169 Kerala 170 Tamil Nadu 171 Puducherry 172 Andhra Pradesh 173 Telangana 174 Jammu and Kashmir 175 Assam 176 and Manipur 177 Bihar The party supported Nitish Kumar s Janata Dal United in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election against the Bharatiya Janata Party 178 Chandigarh In 2021 the AAP contested in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election for the first time won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 elected seats 134 A former mayor from BJP and another sitting mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation from BJP lost their seats to AAP candidates Jasbir and Damanpreet Singh 135 136 Goa In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election 137 Arvind Kejriwal gave Guarantees for Goans in his poll campaign based on development and positivity 179 Jobs for Goans 1 job per family for unemployed or 3000 month until then 80 private jobs reserved for Goans 5000 month for unemployed in tourism due to COVID 5000 month for those affected by mining ban Skill University Free pilgrimage across religionsThe AAP decided to carry out every project with citizen s consent The AAP has also promised to increase the remuneration provided to women in Goa under a state sponsored scheme and also promised financial assistance to women not covered under it The AAP gave a CM candidate for Goans Amit Palekar was made the CM face by the AAP In Goa the AAP won 2 seats amp 6 vote share in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly Election Gujarat Aam Aadmi Party Gujarat or AAP Gujarat is the Gujarat state wing of Aam Aadmi Party The AAP office is located in Navrangpura Ahmedabad AAP had participated in the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election the 2021 Gujarat local elections and the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election It has 64 elected members in the ward councils of Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation Surat Municipal Corporation and other urban and rural local bodies in Gujarat 180 181 In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election Gulab Singh Yadav Delhi MLA is the incharge of the party for the 2022 Gujarat election 182 Isudan Gadhvi was announced as AAP s Chief Minister candidate for the election by Arvind Kejriwal on 4 November 2022 183 184 The party won five seats in that election 185 Manifesto for 2022 assembly elections This section is transcluded from 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election edit history Education free education in government schools 186 A school will be started in each of the 18 000 village panchayats 187 Healthcare free and quality health care facilities for all 186 188 Mohalla clinic in each village and ward 187 188 Free treatment in case of an accident 188 Employment 15 lakh government jobs and 3000 monthly unemployment allowance 189 190 Women a monthly allowance of Rs 1 000 for women 186 Electricity 300 units of free electricity every month 186 Financial savings AAP distributed pamphlets during its election campaign with a list of savings every household will potentially make if AAP comes to power in Gujarat AAP had calculated a savings of 11 13 lakh over five years per household The savings included 27 600 from subsidised electricity 72 000 for annual school fees of two children of a family 36 000 in healthcare benefits 17 000 towards free pilgrimage for aged persons An income of 36 000 for unemployed youth at the rate of 3 000 per month Another income of 24 000 was shown for two adult females of each household at the rate of Rs 1 000 per month A saving of 10 000 spent on bribes annually was also included as AAP promised a corruption free government that will no longer require families to bribe government officials 191 Agriculture 2 Lakh worth loan waivers higher MSP minimum 12 hours of power supply for irrigation compensation of Rs 20 000 per acre of land in case of crop failure land resurvey 192 186 Tribals implementation of Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas Act 1996 PESA Act that gives special powers to Gram Sabhas village councils in the management of natural resources 190 193 formation of a Tribal Advisory Council TAC headed by a tribal leader 191 residential schools for tribal children to teach tribal history language culture and traditions and also to carry out research on these topics 191 Villages Village heads to be provided a fixed salary of 10 000 187 Development grant of 10 lakh to each village every year to develop infrastructure and civic amenities in the villages 187 Village Computer Entrepreneurs VCEs who work on commission basis to get a salary of 20 000 187 Traders involvement of the trading community in the government s decision making process and an end of the raid raj raid regime 190 1 crore compensation for policemen killed in the line of duty 188 Raising salaries of public transport staff 188 Implementation of the Old Pension Scheme 194 Jammu and Kashmir On 8 April 2022 several prominent leaders from Jammu and Kashmir joined AAP including Balwant Singh Mankotia and former minister Yash Paul Kundal with the AAP leadership stating they would contest all 90 seats in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections expected to take place in 2022 195 Haryana For the 2019 Indian general election the AAP declared a coalition with the Jannayak Janata Party in Haryana Of the total 10 seats JJP contested on seven seats and the AAP contested three seats 196 Both parties failed to win any seat The AAP continued its coalition with JJP in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election The AAP did not win any seat after which it ended the coalition JJP won 10 seat and joined the BJP government under CM Khattar 197 Himachal Pradesh In October 2016 half of the members of Himachal Lokhit Party joined Aam Aadmi Party 198 199 AAP leadership decided to not contest the 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 200 In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 137 On 6 April 2022 the AAP held a roadshow in Mandi with Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann 201 202 In April 2022 several political leaders from different political parties joined AAP 203 Surjeet Singh Thakur was appointed as President of the state unit in June 2022 204 205 Manifesto for 2022 assembly elections AAP guarantees in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh election This section is transcluded from 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election edit history AAP promised 300 units of free electricity to every household if AAP comes to power 206 Aam Aadmi Party published its 10 promises as guarantees of jobs for all youth unemployment allowance an advisory board for traders end of inspector rule and corruption free administration 207 Employment jobs for all youth AAP promised six lakh government jobs for the youth AAP will bring laws against exam paper leak conducting all recruitment exams on time and jobs will be given on merit not recommendations 208 Unemployment allowance of 3000 208 207 Implementation of the Old Pension Scheme Agriculture Minimum Support price MSP for agricultural products controlled atmosphere stores markets and food processing units pesticides and fertilizers at cheap rates Establish apple packaging manufacturing unit 208 Traders an advisory board for traders end of raid raj and inspector rule An amnesty scheme for VAT refund Single window clearance system for tourism projects 207 208 Corruption free administration door step delivery of public services 208 Free Healthcare Mohalla clinics similar to Delhi and free healthcare 209 Free Education Free education for all till tenth standard 210 Making temporary teacher posts permanent Building more schools with quality education Prevent private schools from exorbitantly raising fees Women A monthly allowance of 1000 to all women in Himachal Pradesh and double to women above the age of 65 211 212 10 lakh annual grant to Panchayats and 10 000 salary for panchayat pradhans 208 Free pilgrimage scheme 208 1 crore compensation for soldiers killed in the line of duty 208 Karnataka AAP reconstituted the state unit less than a fortnight after the party dissolved its previous office bearers The party intends to contest all 224 seats in the 2023 Karnataka legislative assembly election 213 On 4th of March 2023 Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann kickstarted the election campaign in Davanagere where they administered oath to party workers 214 215 Kerala On May 15 of 2022 Kejriwal announced the formation of People s Welfare Alliance along with Twenty20 party ahead of Thrikkakkara assembly by election 216 The party s social media handles proclaimed on 23rd January 2023 that the state unit has been dissolved and that new office bearers will be announced soon 217 Madhya Pradesh In July 2022 AAP debuted in Madhya Pradesh by winning the election for the Mayor of Singrauli Municipal Corporation and five wards in the 2022 Madhya Pradesh local elections 218 219 Maharashtra In January 2023 party leader Gopal Italia said that AAP will contest all small big polls in Maharashtra State Unit chief Preeti Sharma Menon announced that the party will fight the BMC election with all its strength 220 Punjab Main article Aam Aadmi Party Punjab In December 2015 Aam Aadmi Party declared that it would contest the Legislative Assembly elections in 2017 221 The AAP which did not participate in the previous assembly election had fought 2014 Lok Sabha elections Their 2014 performance translates to 33 assembly seats out of 117 222 In the 2017 Punjab assembly election the party formed a coalition with the Lok Insaaf Party and gave it five seats 223 No CM candidate was declared before the elections 224 The AAP won 20 seats in the Punjab Assembly in its debut in the 2017 Punjab elections In March 2018 the Lok Insaaf Party broke the coalition due to differences 225 In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election 137 Raghav Chadha was appointed AAP Punjab co in charge for the Punjab election 226 On 18 January 2022 Bhagwant Mann was chosen as AAP s candidate for the post of Chief Minister of Punjab for the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election The selection was done by polling from the public 227 In March 2021 Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal held a Kisaan Mahapanchayat at Bagha Purana in Moga district and began campaigning for elections 228 On 28 June 2021 Kejriwal announced in a speech in Chandigarh that 300 units of free electricity would be provided to all Punjabis if the party wins the election 229 On 30 September 2021 Kejriwal also announced that if AAP wins the election his government would build Mohalla Clinics in Punjab that would provide free healthcare facilities 230 On 22 November 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that if AAP wins Punjab then 1 000 rupees will be given to every women above 18 years of age 231 Uttarakhand In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election 137 On 17 August 2021 the AAP declared their Chief Ministerial candidate for the assembly election 232 AAP contested on 70 seats but did not win any in 2022 election Uttar Pradesh The Aam Aadmi Party gave its support to activist Begum Tabassum Hasan in the Kairana bypoll election in May 2018 stating that AAP will support anti BJP candidates 233 The AAP had contested in the 2021 UP Panchayat Elections and won 64 seats 234 In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that the AAP would be contesting in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 137 AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that the AAP will contest on all 403 assembly seats in the election He said In the first list there are eight candidates who have completed MBA Apart from this there are 38 postgraduates four doctors eight who have done PhD seven engineers and 39 graduates Eight women have been given tickets in the first list 235 Contesting in the UP state election for the first time the AAP did not win any seat it received 3 47 192 votes in the state with a vote share of 0 38 of the total votes polled 236 DocumentaryAn Insignificant Man is 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 237 238 The documentary is about the rise of anti corruption protests in 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