Delhi Election 2013

Complete Report
A record 66 per cent of around 1.2 crore voters exercised their franchise on 4th December in the Delhi assembly election.

On December 8, final results were made public.

Final Results

AAP                          :  28

BJP                            : 32

Congress                    : 8

Others                        : 2

Total                          : 70

• As clear none of the parties are in position to attain a natural majority (min of 36 seats)
• Moreover each of the party has made it very clear that they won't try to form government via coalition.
• If no party can agree to form a coalition government, Delhi would be put under president's rule until a new election is held within six months.
• Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung dissolved the Legislative Assembly and forwarded the resignation of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to President Pranab Mukherjee. 
• With the Aam Aadmi Party  winning over 28 of the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections, the Election Commission is all set to recognise it as a ‘State party.’
  To get recognition as a State party, all the candidates set up by the party together should get a minimum of eight per cent of the valid votes polled in the entire State or secure a minimum of six per cent of the total votes polled and one Assembly seat for every 25 seats in that State.

Quotes(who said what?):

• Anna Hazare advises Kejriwal not to take support from any party in Delhi. 
• Kiran Bedi tweets: "Aap was born when Congress refused to set up an SIT on Coalgate in July 2011!Had it done so! Aap may not have been there today to beat them!" 
• Kiran Bedi also advised that BJP and AAP should come together to form a strong government in Delhi
• This is not mine but people's victory, Arvind Kejriwal tells supporters. 
• Arvind also said that AAP is ready for reelections 
• I thank my constituents of Krishna Nagar, says Dr Harsh Vardhan. He further congratulated AAP for its performance and thanked Sheila Dixit for having served Delhi for 15 years. 
•  Sheila Dikshit says
  : "We have to analyse what went wrong." She said she accepts election results with due respect and further thanked everyone for their support for 15 years. Asked whether she failed to read the public mood, she sarcastically said, "Bewakoof hai na hum?" ("We are idiots") 
• Aam Aadmi Party's victory forces us to think politics in a way different from the traditional way the major parties have been doing, says Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. 

Source:http://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-polls/delhi-assembly-elections-result-2013-bjp-aap-make-early-gains-congress-catches-up_895190.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-assembly-elections/Delhi-elections-2013-55-voting-till-4pm/articleshow/26856659.cms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Legislative_Assembly_election,_2013
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/delhi-live-aap-bjp-wont-join-hands-govt-formation-uncertain-1273079.html
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ec-to-recognise-aam-aadmi-party-as-state-party-in-delhi/article5436919.ece

Arvind Kejriwal launched Aam Aadmi Party in Karnataka

Arvind Kejrival on 27th July(2013) launched the AAP(AAm Admi Party) in Karnataka. 
He discussed his views about the present political parties viz BJP and congress with the people of Karnataka and explained why an alternative party is needed.

He said thet people of Karnataka will get an alternative in form of AAP
Quotes
“People are upset with both the parties. I don’t think these two (Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi) can provide a good future,” he said.“I think there is a serious leadership crisis in this country. There is no strong and credible leader on the horizon, which is why the coalitions exist,” he said.
“First of all, I would like to congratulate the people of Karnataka as the Aam Aadmi Party has been formally launched here. The people of Karnataka have seen both the Congress and BJP, which are corrupt parties and they are sad with both of them,” said Kejriwal.
“People here did not use to vote in the party, but vote out it. People had no option. It will be very good for the people that they will now get an alternative in the form of a honest party,” he added.

Source:http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1866439/report-arvind-kejriwal-launches-aam-aadmi-party-in-karnataka-says-neither-rahul-gandhi-nor-narendra-modi-fit-for-pm-s-post

Centre should move more aggressively on Lokpal: Youth Congress

OVERVIEW  Finally, youth congress has accepted that corruption affects common man and hence it is needed to be tackled by forming lokpal structure in our penal system . 

Youth Congress led by  Rahul Gandhi has underlined the need to tackle the menace "on a priority basis" and wanted Centre to move "more aggressively" on setting up of Lokpal.

The political resolution passed at the three day national executive meet of Youth Congress at Hubli in Karnataka contains following points and demands

•  asked for the setting up of special courts to try only corruption-specific cases.
• Noting that corruption affects the common man most, the resolution said,"it needs to be tackled on a priority basis".

• The resolution recommended "more stringent penal provisions" to punish the corrupt public servants by amending the Prevention of Corruption Act.
• The youth body of Congress has also demanded that the "code of criminal proceedure (CrPC) should be amended in order to ensure speedy disposal of corruption-related cases.
  The political resolution also demanded that "the Central government should move more aggressively on Constitutionally guaranteed Lokpal bill".

BACKGROUND: Rahul Gandhi had last year made a strong pitch in the Lok Sabha for constitutional status to Lokpal.

Source:http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-04/india/32030895_1_corruption-cases-lokpal-prevention-of-corruption-act