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Who is Arvind Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal

About Arvind Kejriwal

Who is Arvind Kejriwal

Who is Arvind Kejriwal?
Arvind Kejriwal is a former bureaucrat turned politician and the current Chief Minister (CM) of Delhi. Known for his grassroots activism, the Right to Information (RTI) movement, and governance reforms, Kejriwal is the founder and national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a political party established in 2012 focusing on anti-corruption and government transparency. He came into the limelight after receiving the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006.
 
Education
Arvind Kejriwal was born on August 16, 1968, in Siwani, Haryana. He completed his schooling from Campus School in Hisar and graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the
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Kejriwal seeks immediate action from Centre amid HMPV virus concerns

ICMR emphasised that despite the detection of these two cases, there has been no significant increase in Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) cases in the country

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Updated On : 06 Jan 2025 | 2:10 PM IST

CAG report exposes Kejriwal's 'black deeds'; house costs Rs 75-80 cr: BJP

Addressing a press conference, the BJP's Delhi president Virendra Sachdeva said the report of 2022 cited an expenditure of Rs 33.86 crore on the 'Sheesh Mahal' but the actual cost was far higher

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Updated On : 06 Jan 2025 | 12:55 PM IST

Projects inaugurated by PM Modi result of govts collaboration: Kejriwal

Modi on Sunday inaugurated a 13-kilometre stretch of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor from Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad to New Ashok Nagar

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Updated On : 06 Jan 2025 | 6:36 AM IST

Capital conundrum: Welfare promises versus infra push ahead of Delhi polls

Amid increasing poll promises ahead of Delhi elections, the spending choices of Congress and AAP regimes, and the fiscal challenges ahead for the next government

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Updated On : 05 Jan 2025 | 10:47 PM IST

Alka Lamba slams Kejriwal over Rs 33 cr renovation expenditure on residence

She further asserted that Kejriwal, who had previously claimed he would not accept any facilities such as a bungalow, car, or security, had reportedly spent the funds on personal luxuries instead

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Updated On : 05 Jan 2025 | 7:21 PM IST

BJP launches projects before polls, neglects promises for 5 years: Raut

He cited the 'Sheeshmahal' as an example, referencing a report by a leading newspaper revealing excessive expenditure on the Delhi CM's residence, based on the CAG report

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Updated On : 05 Jan 2025 | 6:37 PM IST

Kejriwal says PM Modi's inaugurated projects are result of collaboration

During a press conference, Kejriwal congratulated the people of Delhi and asserted that the projects were a collaboration between the city and the central governments

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Updated On : 05 Jan 2025 | 5:27 PM IST

LG approves appointment of Delhi Waqf Board CEO, slams AAP for inaction

Delhi LG slammed the AAP government for callousness by not appointing a CEO of the Delhi Waqf Board, that resulted in Imams and Mutawallis, not getting salaries

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Updated On : 04 Jan 2025 | 7:59 PM IST

Delhi polls: Parties go tech-savvy, use AI for creative ads, sharp jibes

The X platform has become a battleground for political parties, where they are using twists and turns to attract voters

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Updated On : 04 Jan 2025 | 6:46 PM IST

BJP, Cong should formally declare alliance for Delhi polls, says Kejriwal

Relations between AAP and the Congress, both partners in the opposition INDIA bloc, soured after the two sides failed to seal an alliance for the Haryana elections

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Updated On : 04 Jan 2025 | 6:14 PM IST

Instead of creating infra in Delhi, Kejriwal built 'sheesh mahal': Shah

Shah said he had suggested to Kejriwal on X that he should allow people of Delhi to take a tour of the "sheesh mahal" so that they could see what kind of home their chief minister lived in

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Updated On : 04 Jan 2025 | 4:43 PM IST

Kejriwal promises to waive 'inflated' water bills if AAP returns to power

In a press conference here, Kejriwal said that people were "distressed" due to water bills worth thousands and lakhs of rupees being sent to them by the Delhi Jal Board

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Updated On : 04 Jan 2025 | 3:13 PM IST

Delhi polls: BJP fields Parvesh Verma against Arvind Kejriwal in first list

Delhi Assembly elections: Ramesh Bidhuri will be contesting from the Kalkaji constituency against Chief Minister Atishi

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Updated On : 04 Jan 2025 | 1:34 PM IST

BJP fields ex-MPs Parvesh Verma, Ramesh Bidhuri against Kejriwal and Atishi

The party has fielded its national office-bearers Dushyant Kumar Gautam and Ashish Sood from Karol Bagh and Janakpuri

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Updated On : 04 Jan 2025 | 1:57 PM IST

Kejriwal's work common, holds no reality on ground: Sandeep Dikshit

Dikshit further said that even in the field of education, the pace of progress during Sheila Dikshit's tenure was much faster

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Updated On : 04 Jan 2025 | 12:29 PM IST

Delhi elections: Congress fields Alka Lamba from Kalkaji against CM Atishi

Alka Lamba, the president of the All India Mahila Congress, is a former Aam Aadmi Party leader and an ex-legislator from Chandni Chowk

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2025 | 5:45 PM IST

'Feel like laughing': AAP responds to PM Modi calling party as 'AAPda govt'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed disappointment over the Delhi government's failure to implement the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Yojana, referring to it as the 'Aapda government'

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2025 | 5:10 PM IST

BJP says AAP biggest burden on people of Delhi after Modi calls it 'Aapda'

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is nothing more than a "newer version of the Congress", senior BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar charged at a press conference here at the party headquarters

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2025 | 5:11 PM IST

PM Modi's 'Parivartan Rally' on Sunday will be game changer in Delhi: BJP

The rally is scheduled to be held Sunday at Japanese Park in Rohini in northwest Delhi

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Updated On : 02 Jan 2025 | 10:08 PM IST

BJP takes dig at Kejriwal over promise of Rs 18,000 honorarium to priests

Sudhanshu Trivedi claimed that Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) exemplifies "unreliability" in Indian politics, adding that the people of Delhi have understood its antics

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Updated On : 01 Jan 2025 | 5:09 PM IST