Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal announced Sunday that he will resign as Delhi Chief Minister in the next two days. He said this after two days of a supreme court decision that granted him bail in the excise policy case, ruling his prolonged imprisonment an “unjust deprivation of liberty.”.
Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal says, "… I am going to resign from the CM position after two days. I will not sit on the CM chair until the people give their verdict… I will go to every house and street and not sit on the CM chair till I get a verdict from the people…" pic.twitter.com/MVTPWXv1D0
— ANI (@ANI) September 15, 2024
He said he will accept the position of chief minister again only if the people accredit his honesty in the Delhi Assembly Elections to be held shortly. “We are going to court of people to prove our innocence,” he said.
Rise to Fame
Kejriwal’s political life began in 2011 as one of the prominent activists participating in India Against Corruption movements, led by activist Anna Hazare. This movement called for the passing of the Jan Lokpal Bill, which inspired Kejriwal to establish the Aam Aadmi Party in 2012. During the Delhi elections in 2013, AAP won 28 out of the 70 seats, and Kejriwal assumed the position of Chief Minister following his resignation after only 49 days; this was when he claimed problems he had when trying to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill.
Delhi Politics Success
AAP won a complete victory in Delhi in 2015 elections by grabbing 67 out of a total of 70 seats. He again became Chief Minister and was elected again in 2020 from the New Delhi constituency. Arvind Kejriwal had lost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi in 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
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Governance and Initiatives
The much-reckoned merits of Chief Minister Kejriwal include focus on education, healthcare, water, electricity, and infrastructure. While he was in government, he started the Mohalla Clinics, which increased accessible healthcare among the citizens. The government extended its support by providing 20,000 liters of free water per month per household and subsidized electricity to every citizen so that such necessities could be availed at low rates.
Career and Activism Beginnings
Before entering the political world, Kejriwal was an officer in the Income Tax Service of IRS. He was fully involved with the RTI movement, and actively used to work for governance reforms. For his outstanding contributions, he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in the year 2006.
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