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

Why AAP deserves a Chance?

Well its because of two basic reasons
First, its an alternative to BJP and congress who have been given various chances but they have given us disappointment in return...

Second,  transparency in donation and candidate selection procedure of AAP

Lets unroll both the basic reason to the complex reasoning....

I) Its true that nation is in dread need for a decent political alternative because the dual policy of BJP and congress and their allies have painted the country politics BLACK AND WHITE!Lets first define the term 'Black and White Politics'
Its basically the politics which lacks 'colors'(or more formally choices) due to presence of limited parties or presence of multiple parties with limited ideologies. e.g in India we have lots of parties but these parties either have a BJPian ideology or that a CONGRESSIAN one...
So presently even if we have a  lots of parties to chose from , we still have just two ideologies to chose i.e BJP and congress..SO when Congressian ideology is in rule it becomes the evil (or black) and BJPian ideology in opposition becomes the saint(white) and visa-versa!

AAP is definitely a pure alternative with no relation to BJPina or congressian ideology whatsoever


2)Another Big reason to Vote AAP is its

A) Transparency: AAP is presently the only party which keeps track of its donation gives
receipt for each donation made and uploads the data of donations on its website for public transparency.BJP and Congress are not even close to this sort of transparency.

B) Candidate selection procedure:While BJP and Congress and their allies selects their candidates in close rooms and with deals below the table and by heredity , AAP with acute contrast have an OPEN CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCEDURE in which" 100 voters of any assembly constituency can come together and propose the name of a person they wish to be the candidate for their constituency.  "Then personal information of candidates is put up on website where people can suggest their views about the person.

Considering all the suggestions and that person has no criminal record.

AAP also oppose power gained by heredity and swears that no two people from same family will be given position in the party. Apart from the innovative candidate selection procedure, most of the candidates themselves are from among the REAL AAM ADMI (COMMON MAN)( SEE CANDIDATES LIST )
SEE COMPLETE CANDIDATE SELECTION PREJUDICE HERE
A Report by Aware me

AAP's candidate selection for Delhi:Complete Report

Aam Admi Party(AAP) for its participation in Delhi polls in November this year(2013), has shortlisted 44 people from the 95 applicants for 8 Assembly Constituencies(VIDHAN SABHA) (viz Ballimaran, Delhi Cantt, Hari Nagar, Karawal Nagar, Mangolpuri, Narela, Sangam Vihar and Timarpur).

• The list ideally includes people from all paths of life. It has got teachers, lawyers, ex-servicemen, engineers, students,  property dealer, farmer and doctors as well.

• These people were selected by the candidate screening committee, co-chaired by Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh.

• The final 8 candidates for the 8 constituencies each would be selected from these 44 by the recommendations of grassroot-level workers and the selection committee through consultation and debate.
• The list includes five each for Greater Kailash and Trilokpuri; four each for Kondli, Najafgarh, Patparganj and Seemapuri while three each for Bijwasan, Malviya Nagar, Matia Mahal, Matiala, Rama Krishna Puram and Sadar Bazar.
• Prominent among the shortlisted are media personality and AAP member Shazia Ilmi from RK Puram and Sisodia himself from Patparganj.
• List was made public on May 24th and was open to suggestions on AAP's website for 15 days 

• According to AAP shortlisting of canditates was done by verifying their criminal antecedents  and considering their clean image and popularity among local people.
• Accusing other parties of having candidates with criminal record , AAP revealed that the Congress and the BJP had fielded 19 candidates each with criminal cases in the last assembly elections while BSP had 15 such candidates.

On the funds collected to contest the elections, Arvind said, "We have received around Rs 2 crore in the past two months through internet banking and anybody can visit out site to see the list of donors. We don't accept any amount from those who want to remain anonymous."

Source:http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-25/delhi/39520434_1_arvind-kejriwal-aap-aam-aadmi-party

Arvind gets Delhi citizenship for Elections

Arvind Kejrival has turned to a Delhiite (citizen of Delhi) by getting his voter identity card prepared in the Capital. He Surrendered  his old voter ID having the address of Kaushambi (UP) and got a new one having the F Block, Sundar Nagri in East Delhi as his new address.
Interestingly this new address is in-fact the address of the venue where Arvind's agitation against inflated power and water bills occurred in March (click here to know more about agitation)

Arvind has done this to be able to fight Assembly Elections in Delhi to be held in November this year(2013) because only a person whose name figures in the voters’ list in Delhi can fight the Assembly Elections.

Arvind is in-fact the only shortlisted candidate of AAP from the New Delhi assembly constituency. According to party sources, one candidate who earlier applied to contest from the same constituency withdrew after Mr. Kejriwal expressed his desire to contest from this area.

As per the details the AAP has uploaded on its website, Mr. Kejriwal also declared a flat worth Rs. 1 crore in Gurgaon and Rs. 1 lakh as bank balance on his wife’s name.

Source:http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/kejriwal-becomes-a-delhiite-to-take-on-sheila/article4799475.ece

April 28 Bijli Pani Rally

Arvind Kejrival has sent a letter to Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit to send her officials to collect 10.5 lakh protest letters signed Delhiites against inflated electricity and water bills."We will gather at Jantar Mantar on April 28. We request you to send some officials and get these letters collected.We don't want a confrontation. And we don't even want to meet you. We just want to deliver these protest letters," says the letter.

AAP's activist in fact will leave for Jantar Mantar in the form of a rally from Sundar Nagari at 9am. As per the AAP's site  They will wait there for clerks to collect the letters at Jantar Mantar otherwise they will march towards 

Sheila's house to deliver the letters to her. 

Source:http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-04-24/news/38790290_1_arvind-kejriwal-jantar-mantar-aam-aadmi-party
http://delhi.aamaadmiparty.org/event/bijli-pani-rally

AAP's rally to Dixit's house stopped at Pragati Maidan by Delhi police.

Around  8 lakh letters were signed by people of Delhi against inflated power and water bill.
In these letters, people promised that they won't pay the inflated and unfair bills.

Today(1st April 2013), on tenth day of Arvind's fast and AAP's (AAM ADMI PARTY) campaign against unfairok bills, these letters were to be submitted to Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

However AAP's activists were cunningly prevented by police from proceeding to Dikshit's residence.

The protesters led by AAP leader Manish Sisodia were stopped at Bhairon Marg near Pragati Maidan and were told that all of them could not go to the Chief Minister's residence.
Police told them that only a small delegation will be allowed to meet Dikshit. 
AAP leader Manish Sisodia however insisted that the delegation would consist of 272 people from 272 wards of Delhi.
Later, police agreed that the activists will be taken to the residence in four buses but the police went back on their promise as on the way to CM's residence police , they stopped and told activists that they can only take them to Jantar Mantar.

Following this, protesters shouted slogans against police.

Sisodia also alleged that some of the party members were detained, but the police denied it.

Source:

http://m.ibnlive.com/news/aam-aadmi-partys-rally-to-delhi-cms-house-stopped-at-pragati-maidan/382443-37-64.html

http://m.indianexpress.com/news/cops-thwart-arvind-kejriwals-aap-activists-march-to-sheila-dikshits-house/1096124/

Arvind Kejrival to fast against unjust power bills:Complete Coverage

Background INFOKejrival has earlier on 1st Feb(2013) has made allegations of charging inflated power bills against Delhi Govt. (click here for elaborate coverage of his allegations) . 

REPORT(current)Today(4,March,2013) Arvind Kejriwal has announced a fast starting March 23 to protest against electricity prices in Delhi. Kejriwal has accused the Delhi government, headed by Sheila Dikshit, of conspiring with power companies to over-charge customers.
He said that improvements in the distribution of power have accrued major savings for power companies, but these are not being passed on to consumers.

"This is a fast meant to awaken people, to help them remove their fears. I urge them not to pay bills. They may be afraid they will be sent to jail, their power connection snapped. If you are afraid, AAP (Aam Admi Party) volunteers will help you restore your connection. If you are afraid, do not pay the bills at least for one month. No one can snap your connections for not paying the bill for one month," he said.


Editor's View: Many people may say that this is Kejrival's political stunt.
So consider this, if politicians can do stunts on basis of MONEY, LIQUOR, RELIGION,CASTE, LAPTOPS etc. Compared to that Arvind by raising problems faced by public, is doing a much pure and decent stunt! 

Source:http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/arvind-kejriwal-to-fast-starting-march-23-against-inflated-power-bills-337916

Arvind Kejriwal targets Sheila Dikshit on power distribution:Complete Coverage

•  Arvind Kejriwal today(1, Feb 2013) targeted Sheila Dikshit Government(Delhi) alleging that  power distribution companies in the capital "fudged" their records and "committed fraud" to show losses in their revenue while actually making profits. 

•  Kehrival claimed that Delhiites are paying two times the electricity bills they should actually be paying .According to Kejrival Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) chief  Brijender Singh had concluded that power companies would make profits of Rs 3,577 crores which if passed on to the consumers would result in 23 per cent reduction in tarrifs. That's why he was to pass an order on May 5, 2010 to reduce tarrif  but Delhi Government wrote a letter to Brijender Singh on May 4 under pressure from distribution companies (discoms )and stopped him from issuing the order 
• For proof he circulated copies of the letter written by Joint Secretary (Power) S.M Ali on May 4 to Brijender Singh.
• He alleged that BSES Yamuna and BSES Rajdhani owned by Anil Ambani group were showing zero bills for a number of consumers including the Delhi Airport and the Delhi Jal Board.These were done to show losses.
• He attacked the opposition as well saying that the BJP did not raise these issues despite having proof by not doing justice to its role as Opposition party.
• Kejrival demanded that hat FIRs for alleged cheating be registered against the discoms and performance and financial audit of discoms by the CAG should be arranged.He also demanded to dismiss the current chairman of DERC.

RESPONSE

• Dikshit's office termed the allegations as "bunch of lies".
• Power Minister Harun Yusuf  in defense said "The tariff order he was referring to was not signed by all the three members of the DERC. So you cannot call it a tariff order. Even Delhi High court had held that it was not a DERC order,"
• Yusuf also said Berjinder Singh had made calculations on assumptions that power would be available from newly built power plants at low rates. But actually those plants could not generate power as per expectation due to various reasons.
• Yusuf also said Delhi Government did not have any problem with CAG audit of accounts of the distribution companies.
• "In last 10 years, there has been 83 per cent hike in power tariff against 137 per cent increase in power purchase cost. We always tried to be very transparent," said Yusuf.

Source:http://www.indianexpress.com/news/arvind-kejriwal-targets-sheila-dikshit-on-power-distribution/1068009/0

Sheila Dikshit's notice to Arvind Kejriwal

OCT 24  2012

 Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit sent a legal notice to activist Arvind Kejriwal for his "derogatory remarks" against her. 
The legal notice was sent to Kejriwal by Pawan Khera, political secretary to the chief minister,

POINTS IN NOTICE:

• The notice was sent through advocate Mehmood Pracha for civil and criminal defamation and called upon the India Against Corruption (IAC) activist to immediately withdraw all the allegations and aspersions he made against the chief minister within 2 days.

•  The notice asked Kejriwal to "tender an unconditional public apology to Dikshit  to her satisfaction through print and electronic media with regard to the said baseless allegations and aspersions and using foul and filthy language".
• "In case of failure to comply with this notice within a period of two days of receipt of this legal notice, you shall render yourselves jointly and severally liable to face appropriate civil as well as criminal proceedings under the relevant provisions of law at your risk as to cost and consequences," the notice said.

Kejriwal earlier responded by saying that he would continue to target the Congress leader over "anti-people" actions of her government.

The Kejrival also said it was the Dikshit government's actions which were defaming her.

"Yes, we are defaming her. Actually no, it is her actions which are defaming her," Kejriwal added.

"I have been informed that a legal notice has been sent to me. I would like to tell her (Dikshit) that we will be defaming you (her) till you and your government keep working against the people. We are not scared of any legal notice."

Kejriwal has sharply attacked the Delhi government over hike in power tariff

Source:http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=102312090042