Arvind Kejriwal forms Aam Aadmi Party in order to fight Graft

Former IAC member and Social activist Arvind Kejriwal has named his party as Aam Aadmi Party,  which means a party of Common Man.

The first meeting of Aam Aadmi Party was held today at New Delhi and its constitution was also adopted  with Arind Kejriwal as its Founding President.

The meeting of around 300 founder members was held at Constitution Club during which Kejriwal proposed the name of the party as Aam Aadmi Party which was accepted by other members, sources said.

The Constitution of the party was also adopted at the meeting. It was proposed by Mayank Gandhi and seconded by Chandramohan, they said.

Aam Aadmi Party would have a manifesto of “poorn azadi” (complete freedom) for the common man and relief from high inflation. The Party Slogan and Symbol are not yet disclosed.

The formation of  Aam Aadmi Party  came after a bitter split with Anna Hazare over the question of the anti-corruption movement taking a political plunge as Kejriwal desired.

During the August fast, Hazare and Kejriwal ended the agitation saying they will work for providing a political alternative for the country to fight both Congress and BJP.

However, both Hazare and Kejriwal announced parting of ways on September 19 following differences over forming a party with the former sticking to his position that the movement should remain apolitical.

On October two, Kejriwal announced the formation of the party saying its official launch will be on November 26, the day Constitution was adopted in 1949.

Ahead of the meeting, Kejriwal said today that common men, women, children are forming their Aam Aadmi Party.

“They are not politicians. They are fed up of politicians. They are the people who are fed up of corruption and price rise. This is why the common man has decided to challenge them. Now the common man will sit in Parliament.

“Party’s vision is Swaraj. People should get the ‘raj’. That vision will be finalized. 25-30 issues will be discussed which all issues need to be taken first by the party. Committees will be formed. They will make drafts in four-five months. There will discussions through the country,” he said.

Activist Yogendra Yadav said that Aam Aadmi Party will have provisions against domination by one family.

The India Against Corruption has released a document about the vision of Kejriwal’s party and defined ‘Swaraj’ as people’s self governance.

The document says: “This vision needs to be translated into specific policies after extensive and informed discussion. Embracing politics entails taking a position on all the major questions of our time. At the same time politics also mandates a duty to listen to all sides and to set up a dialogue with everyone concerned. We accept this responsibility in all humility. We shall take up all the major contested issues in the country and provide a platform for informed and open-minded dialogue with the people and especially, with the younger generation.”

The meeting also saw some disagreement among a section of workers who were not allowed to attend it. A group from Tamil Nadu was seen arguing with an Aam Aadmi Party coordinator on why they were not accommodated.

Team Anna may support Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party  when elections come, member of the new Team Anna Kiran Bedi said in Hyderabad.

“We will support any honesty. Since he (Kejriwal) stands for promoting integrity, obviously he will be eligible for our support,” she told reporters on the sidelines of the Indian School of Business (ISB) Leadership Summit-2013 on Friday.

“There are no differences with Kejriwal. He wanted take the electoral route and we wanted to take the non-electoral route. It is his feeling that it is time to take the electoral route,” she said.