The Political Arena of India today saw the entrance of a new player Aam Aadmi Party led by Social Activist Arvind Kejriwal.
“This party is result of our struggle against corruption,” said Arvind Kejriwal, who had announced the name of his party Saturday.
“There are people who have looted India a lot. Now the youth have to drive them out of parliament,” Kejriwal said his supporters.
His colleague Manish Sisodia declared the name of the party to the gathering in central Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and said: “It is our party.”
Sisodia also announced the names of the other 23 members of the national executive body. These include Sisodia himself as well as Prashant Bhushan, Dinesh Waghela, Sanjay Singh, Gopa Rai and Kumar Vishwas.
“Kejriwal takes the position as the national convenor. Pankaj Gupta would be the national secretary, Krishna Kanth would be national treasurer of AAP,” Waghela said.
Earlier in the day, Kejriwal and his colleagues visited Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Raj Ghat. He also paid tributes to B.R. Ambedkar.
Kejriwal’s chose to launch his party Nov 26 as the constitution of India was adopted on this day in 1949.
The activist-turned-politician announced that he would “go to every village and town in the country for the next one year to convince people against the vote-bank policy of the Congress and the BJP”, which he claimed “used people only for votes”.
Seeking to distinguish his party in the crowded political landscape, Kejriwal said his party would observe complete transparency in all its dealings. He added that donations and expenses to the AAP would be uploaded on the party’s website.
“We have set a series of guidelines for party members. I want only those of you who can work full-time. No one should be found indulging in any activities of accepting money for votes during elections,” he said.