New Delhi: A day after he announced that his new Aam Aadmi Party will contest more than 350 of the Lok Sabha's 543 seats, Arvind Kejriwal listed his choice for "India's Most Corrupt" and vowed to put up strong candidates against them. (AAP to field more than 350 candidates for 2014 Lok Sabha polls)
Union ministers like Kapil Sibal, Kamal Nath and Farooq Abdullah were among his nominees; so was Nitin Gadkari, BS Yeddyurappa and Anant Kumar of the BJP and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi who is helming his party's campaign for the national election due by May. "Don't let a single corrupt politician enter Parliament," he told party workers. (Track LIVE updates here)
Think of that election as a revolution to cleanse parliament, Mr Kejriwal urged party workers in Delhi. He has declared that his party will prioritize defeating about 160 candidates who have criminal records. (Highlights on Arvind Kejriwal's speech on Day 2 of AAP executive meet)
Positioning his party as the putative antidote to a deeply-corrupt system has served the former tax inspector well. A month ago, he took over as the chief minister of Delhi after the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP emerged as a breakout hit in the first election it contested. (AAP ki sarkar: the one month report card)
After the hyper-change it escorted, national interest in the AAP has spiked. Opinion polls project about 12 seats for the AAP, but its impact is visible in the national campaign, with the two major parties, the Congress and the opposition BJP, aping its anti-elite, anti-corruption language. (Also read: After stunning debut, AAP scrambles to dispel doubts)
Today, Mr Kejriwal and his cabinet will discuss the anti-graft Jan Lokpal Bill that seeks to punish corrupt government officials with a maximum sentence of life in jail.
Union ministers like Kapil Sibal, Kamal Nath and Farooq Abdullah were among his nominees; so was Nitin Gadkari, BS Yeddyurappa and Anant Kumar of the BJP and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi who is helming his party's campaign for the national election due by May. "Don't let a single corrupt politician enter Parliament," he told party workers. (Track LIVE updates here)
Positioning his party as the putative antidote to a deeply-corrupt system has served the former tax inspector well. A month ago, he took over as the chief minister of Delhi after the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP emerged as a breakout hit in the first election it contested. (AAP ki sarkar: the one month report card)
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Today, Mr Kejriwal and his cabinet will discuss the anti-graft Jan Lokpal Bill that seeks to punish corrupt government officials with a maximum sentence of life in jail.
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