On 26th November 2012 political corridor of India heard the uproar of” aam aadmi”. Aam Aadmi party, this is the name of the India’s youngest party which came into existence on 26th nov, the very same day on
which our constitution was adopted. History of AAP is traced back three years ago when Ghanaian activist anna hazare, RTI activist arvind kejriwal and other socialist came together for janlokpal bill.
Soon after the muted response from the govt. arvind decide to politicize the movement in order to bring the reform, this step was refuted by anna and there on arvind went on his way towards the formation of a political party . Headed by the founder arvind kejriwal, AAP registered itself by election commission of India in march 2013 as the contender in the Delhi’s election.
AAP jumped into the biggest political rumble in the biggest democracy of the world. As Aap challenged the past masters like BJP and congress , political street starts speculating about the potential of theparty. Tranquilizing the speculation, On 8th dec 2013 AAP emerged out as the second biggest party in delhi’s election. It formed a minority govt. with the rival congress party , making arvind kejriwal the youngest CM of delhi.
AAP Announced “swaraj” and ”anti-corruption” as it’s principal ideology. claiming to be the common man party , soon after joining the secretariat it dismissed the so called VIP-culture by abdicating the red beacon cars and govt. bungalows. This was seen as the populist action by the opposition. AAP has been trying to amend the banality in the politics with its unconventional approach. Within couple of days after joining the office CM cut the electricity rate by half and provided the 20klt of water for free, as was promised by the party in it’s manifesto. This resurrected the faith in the manifesto culture which was seen a formality by the political parties to attract the vote bank.
AAP launched an anti-corruption helpline no. and asked the public to conduct a sting on the corrupt officers and public servant, according to the party this move will give the power directly in the hands of common man. Exercising their ideology of swaraj , party had no qualm In hitting the road through dhrnas against the central govt. for sacking the three delhi police cops .
