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India's anti-corruption champion resigns after two months in Delhi job India's anti-corruption champion resigns after two months in Delhi job
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Arvind Kejriwal’s new Aam Arvind Kejriwal’s new Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party rode a wave of popular anger at poor services, rising prices and endemic graft to win 28 seats in Delhi’s 70 member assembly in December.
Aadmi (Common Man) Party rode a wave of popular anger at poor It pushed through a series of radical measures and shook the city’s political establishment with controversial protest-style politics including sit-ins to protest police inaction and vigilante raids on the homes of alleged sex workers.
services, rising prices and endemic graft to win 28 seats in Delhi’s
70 member assembly in December.
It pushed through a
series of radical measures and shook the city’s political
establishment with controversial protest-style politics including
sit-ins to protest police inaction and vigilante raids on the homes
of alleged sex workers.
But on Friday the AAP’s leader and all elected members resigned.But on Friday the AAP’s leader and all elected members resigned.
“Everyone in the AAP is very “Everyone in the AAP is very happy with this decision. There is clearly no point in being in government when you can’t pursue your core agenda,” said Aatishi Marlena, a senior policy official in the party.
happy with this decision. There is clearly no point in being in Representatives from the Congress party, in power at a national level, had joined those from the opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to block Kejriwal’s bid to bring in new laws creating a powerful anti-corruption ombudsman in the capital.
government when you can’t pursue your core agenda,” said Aatishi The AAP is now expected to field hundreds of candidates in the coming general election, due before the end of May, and is hoping to win a rerun of the Delhi poll that is likely to be held at the same time.
Marlena, a senior policy official in the party. “The public mood is definitely with the AAP,” said Marlena.
Representatives from the The AAP won support among Delhi’s working class and liberal elite. Within weeks of taking power Kejriwal had sharply reduced prices of public utilities, moved hundreds of officials who were suspected of corruption out of key jobs, refused luxurious housing that is a perk of his job and ordered ministers to do without red beacons mounted on cars, which cause great popular resentment.
Congress party, in power at a national level, had joined those from the Analysts say the AAP has the potential to radically change Indian politics – or to implode, leaving little trace.
opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to block Almost all the candidates of the AAP were political debutants and included a rickshaw driver, a lawyer and a TV actor.
Kejriwal’s bid to bring in new laws creating a powerful Anna Hazare, the veteran activist who led the major anti-graft movement which led to the formation of the AAP, said last night he regretted Kejriwal’s decision.
anti-corruption ombudsman in the capital. During a rowdy session in the Delhi assembly, Kejriwal told representatives that it was better to “”fight corruption than to run a government”.
The AAP is now expected to Later the 45 year old told supporters outside the party headquarters in central Delhi that the “ BJP and Congress have joined hands.”
field hundreds of candidates in the coming general election, due “We say eradicate corruption. [The] people will teach them a lesson,” Kejriwal said.
before the end of May, and is hoping to win a rerun of the Delhi
poll that is likely to be held at the same time.
“The public mood is
definitely with the AAP,” said Marlena.
The AAP won support among Delhi’s working class and liberal elite. Within weeks of taking power
Kejriwal had sharply reduced prices of public utilities, moved
hundreds of officials who were suspected of corruption out of key
jobs, refused luxurious housing that is a perk of his job and ordered
ministers to do without red beacons mounted on cars, which cause
great popular resentment.
Analysts say the AAP has the
potential to radically change Indian politics – or to implode,
leaving little trace.
Almost all the candidates of
the AAP were
political debutants and included a rickshaw driver, a lawyer and
a TV actor.
Anna Hazare, the veteran
activist who led the major anti-graft movement which led to the
formation of the AAP, said last night he regretted Kejriwal’s
decision.
During a rowdy session in the
Delhi assembly, Kejriwal told representatives that
it was better to “”fight corruption than to run a government”.
Later
the 45 year old told supporters outside the party headquarters in
central Delhi that the “ BJP and Congress have joined hands.”
“We
say eradicate corruption. [The] people will teach them a lesson,”
Kejriwal said.