2. Founder
• Arvind Kejriwal
• IIT Kharagpur graduate
• ex-IRS Officer
• 1 of the Key persons behind RTI
• Ramon Magsaysay Award for emergent leadership
• 1 of the Key persons pushing for Jan Lokpal Bill
• Some inspirational lines
• A true moron
3. Key team members
• Manish Sisodia – Former TV journalist (zee news)
• Kumar Vishwas – Professor and a hindi poet
• Shazia Ilmi – Former TV journalist (star news)
• Gopal Rai – Social activist
• Mayank Gandhi – RTI activist
• Prof. Anand Kumar – Professor
• Santosh Koli – Activist, NGO
• Prashant Bhushan - Advocate
• lots more…
4. Core belief
• Non - Corruption
• Swaraj
– Through Mohalla Sabhas
• Clean politics
– Discourage Family based politics
– No criminals
– Full financial transparency
• Human development
• Secular
5. Current status
• Fighting Delhi Assembly elections
• ~ 7000 volunteers
• ~ 1 lakh local prabharis
• ~ 29 candidates of 70 finalized as yet
• ~ 8 seats more have candidates short listed
• ~ 4 Cr+ collected in donations (target ~ 10 cr)
• ~ 80 offices opened in different locations –
single day
7. Election Manifestos
• 71 manifestos for Delhi
– 1 for each constituency
– Accountability at a level where folks have control
– Direct and continuous Public involvement
• Chances of winning
8. Impact so far
• Shaken up the political establishment
• Has become a real option for folks in Delhi from a
distant 3rd or 4th
• Electricity & Water issues getting addressed.
• Women security
– many cases filed and resolved
– Formed a ‘Mahila suraksha Dal’ to help women in city
• SC passed many bills like: Criminals debarred from
politics
• CIC asked all political parties to come under ambit of
RTI (central information commissioner)
9. Recent Endorsements
• Anna Hazare
• Aruna Roy, Medha Patkar & other eminent folks
• Lots of people on the street
• Highly unlikely – Sandeep Dikshit
10. Competition
• Have not passed Jan LokPal Bill as yet
• Not want political parties to come under RTI
• Does not disclose the donation sources
• Defending criminals in Parliament
• Corruption is part of life
• Family based politics
• Says no control on DP, no security for women
• Exploit Jawan and exploit the Kisan
